Traffic springs a surprise: smooth roads,no jam

Much of the smooth ride was attributed to the fact that many Delhiites chose to stay home in anticipation of bad traffic. The rest,who had ventured out,reached their destination ahead of time.

“It was strange,” said Rajeev Shukla,a marketing executive. “I reach office in over an hour and today I left a bit early because of yesterday’s warning,but I reached in just 45 minutes,” said Shukla.

The Traffic Control Unit received only five calls of jam in place of the usual 50. “I don’t remember such a thing happening before,” said a policeman from the Traffic Control unit. “We did not tell people not to come out,we just said that there will be some minutes of stoppage when the delegates pass. But even so,many people did not go out today.”

Around evening,the control room was flooded with calls from people who wanted to know whether things will be the same way tomorrow.