NH 24 cave-in causes snarls from Mayur Vihar to Ghaziabad

With the incident occurring during peak-hour traffic, there were massive jams on both sides of the national highway, extending into sections of East Delhi. A senior Ghaziabad police officer said, “Traffic was heavy with jams extending for several kilometres on both sides of the highway. The affected areas included the Indirapuram, Sahibabad and Mohan Nagar sections of Ghaziabad, as well as Ghazipur and even parts of Mayur Vihar in Delhi.”

Vimal Kumar Sharma, district magistrate, said, “There are pipelines that run close to the Hindon bridge and thus far it seems that one of them may have had a leakage, causing the mud to come lose and fall away. The Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam, police as well as a team from NHAI are investigating the cause. Restoration work began soon after it was reported and the first movement of light vehicles such as motorcycles commenced in the evening. The road should be opened for traffic by Tuesday morning.”