Forward of Raksha Bandhan, folks from Delhi and Noida headed to their hometowns and kinfolk’ homes, triggering huge site visitors congestion on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. By Thursday night (August 27), the expressway was choked with autos, with site visitors stretching for a number of kilometres and commuters caught in slow-moving jams for practically 5-6 hours.
The Delhi-Meerut Expressway, which passes via Ghaziabad, the Noida-Larger Noida, and several other main roads adjoining Delhi are additionally grappling with site visitors jams. It’s reported that autos are snarling for a number of kilometers from Noida Sector 62 to Dasna.
Whereas folks have traveled to their properties and kinfolk for Rakshabandhan, they’ve additionally ventured out to varied markets to buy the competition. Consequently, a sea of folks has taken to the streets.
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Ghaziabad: Raksha Bandhan की पूर्व संध्या पर Delhi-Meerut Expressway पर लगा भीषण जाम। 🚨🚗 pic.twitter.com/KFDEZhI4c0
— Larger Noida West (@GreaterNoidaW) August 27, 2026
A number of travellers had been severely affected by the site visitors jam. Even those that weren’t leaving town and had been merely commuting from their places of work to their properties skilled journey occasions that had been two to a few occasions longer than standard. One every day commuter, Pushkar, instructed NDTV, “It took me round 35-40 minutes to cowl a distance of 4 kilometres on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. It usually takes 10-Quarter-hour on this stretch, however three of the 4 lanes of the expressway had been occupied by folks and buses. It was utterly choked.”
In view of the site visitors jam, Ghaziabad Police has issued a helpline quantity. On social media, Ghaziabad Police wrote, “As a result of competition, there may be site visitors congestion at Lal Kuan. Visitors police are on website and site visitors is being managed.”
Visitors Helpline Quantity – 9643322904
त्योहार के मद्देनजर लालकुआँ पर यातायात का दबाव है यातयात पुलिस मौके पर मोजूद है। यातायात का संचालन कराया जा रहा है।
☎️यातायात हेल्पलाइन नंबर- 9643322904@Uppolice @uptrafficpolice @ghaziabadpolice pic.twitter.com/3rI57YhyHf
— Ghaziabad Visitors Police (@Gzbtrafficpol) August 27, 2026
Close to Chhijarsi, folks have been ready for hours for buses and autos to take them house. Nevertheless, as a result of site visitors jam, no autos are in a position to attain the passengers.
The place are you able to get out
Should you’re touring from Ghaziabad to Meerut, you possibly can take the connectors earlier than Dasna to the Japanese Peripheral Expressway. This can keep away from site visitors jams on the principle route. These touring from Delhi or Ghaziabad can take the outdated Nationwide Freeway through Muradnagar and Modinagar.
These touring to Meerut can catch the Namo Bharat Practice. The NCRTC is working 47 extra Namo Bharat Practice journeys on August twenty seventh and twenty eighth. On account of these extra journeys, passengers may have entry to trains each eight minutes on June twenty seventh and twenty eighth. The Namo Bharat Practice runs from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram station in Meerut.
