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Gurgaon: A few extra miles saved... but safety?

Traffic diversions have been set up at major junctions across the city, and commuters are taking wrong turns to avoid longer travel — but at what cost?

Gurgaon: A few extra miles saved... but safety? The temporary turn near Signature Towers

Due to infrastructural expansion in Gurgaon, traffic diversions have been set up at major junctions — and many commuters are taking shorter turns could to avoid extra travel. But at what cost?

One such turn is near Signature Towers. Commuters are taking a wrong U-turn to avoid the extra 4-km stretch, but it’s proving to be dangerous.

Vehicles travelling on NH 8 have to go all the way to the Sector 31 crossing under the flyover to be able to take a U-turn going towards Signature Towers, where there is another diversion. Hence, to avoid the extra run, vehicles are taking a wrong U-turn on NH 8, which leads to HUDA City Centre via Crowne Plaza.

Shweta Kalra, who works for a company in Signature Towers, says, “The designated route is so long, and there’s always a jam at Signature Towers. I work at Signature Towers, and it's an ordeal every day.”

For vehicles taking the wrong U-turn, it could prove fatal, as the traffic from Maharana Pratap Chowk that needs to get on the highway often takes the turn from here.

“The wrong-turn vehicles could have accidents here. So, we have deployed traffic personnel there at all times to prevent such incidents from happening,” confirmed Raj Kumar Yadav, road safety officer.