Traffic movement normalised after removal of fallen trees: PWD

Traffic movement in the city has been normalised after more than 300 trees uprooted in the Friday's massive storm were removed from roads, Public Works Department said today.
"The impact of the storm was so devastating that 370 trees along the PWD roads and in government building complexes were uprooted. This affected the flow of traffic on 29 major roads," the department said in a statement.
The roads affected include the stretch from Kapashera to Bijwasan, Ridge Road, Shankar Road, Outer Ring Road, among others.
This had completely thrown the movement of pedestrians and traffic on these roads out of gear.

"Thirty teams comprising 300 people were deputed for cutting and removing trees and clearing the roads. The teams started working immediately after the storm and worked round-the-clock since then," it said.
The trees which fell in the government building complexes and green belt are being cleared now and the work is likely to get over by tonight, it said.

The PWD said it would take up plantation in the ensuing monsoon season to compensate for the fallen trees.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation said it had received 309 complaints of fallen trees on Friday. All the complaints were attended to on the day of the storm. The remaining remedial action was taken on the next day, it said.

Also, about 150 tress fell in areas under the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).
SDMC today said it had removed all trees and branches, clearing the streets for traffic movement.
Meanwhile, the Traffic Police today said, a total of 1,404 police officials, including 5 DCPs and 10 ACPs, were pressed into action for the normalisation of traffic movement in the city after the storm.
As soon as the impact of the storm was felt on Friday, the traffic control room flashed messages to officials to mobilise the maximum number of staff and cranes in the field to ensure manual regulation of traffic at intersections where there was no power supply, removal of uprooted trees, poles and broken-down vehicles from the roads to restore normal flow of traffic, they said.