Delhi, Pune fastest metros for on-road travel: Study

With an average on-road speed of 23 km per hour, Delhi and Pune are among the fastest in terms of average vehicular movement among the top seven cities in India, says a study.
According to data collected by cab aggregator Ola, Kolkata and Bengaluru were among the slowest with average speeds of 17km/hr and 18 km/hr, respectively.
Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad had average speeds of 21, 20 and 19 km/hr, respectively according to data collected over the last six months.
"Location data is core to us at Ola... Hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the Ola app help relay rich data in real-time, helping us predict demand and plan our inventory better," Ola Chief Operating Officer Pranay Jivrajka said.

A lot of this data can also be extremely useful to solve important issues like de-congestion, urban planning, traffic management and more, he added.
"We are working with the government at multiple levels to put this rich data to use over the long term for improving the state of mobility in the cities we live in," Jivrajka said.

The insights showed that the top average speed of Indian traffic is 33 km/hr between 3 AM and 6 AM, while the lowest average speed stands at 18 km/hr between 6 PM to 9 PM when people are usually returning home from work.

"The average speed remains at 19 km/hr between 9 AM to 12 noon when most people travel to their offices. Surprisingly, the average speed picks up by just 1 km/hr between noon and 3 PM, when the traffic from office commute is off the roads," the data showed.
According to PWD, it had made all arrangements to cater
to any exigencies. The teams were active right from the morning and started attending to waterlogging complaints timely so that commuters face minimum inconvenience during the morning peak hours.
In total, 230 complaints were received in the PWD control room. Due to heavy rains, it took 30 to 45 minutes to clear waterlogging at some areas.

The department said it was observed that in many areas waterlogging occurred due to flow of silt/sludge from MCD drains upstream PWD drains which is contrary to the claims made by all the three municipal corporations about desilting of their drains.
At some places, DJB sewer manholes started boiling resulting in waterlogging. This situation was controlled by PWD in coordination with DJB.
"Delhi PWD worked in a full alert mode to give relief to commuters during the rainfall today, the intensity of which was a record for the city," the official said.