new delhi commuters travelling from gurugram to central and south delhi via the newly opened underpass on benito juarez marg are facing problems because of some people driving in the wrong direction into the traffic the sharp cut towards south opening onto the service lane on ring road is also a cause for concern at present the underpass allows vehicles coming to delhi from the direction of gurugram in the mornings and in the opposite direction in the evenings till 9pm from the time the underpass was opened in the first week of july 59 motorists have been fined for wrong side driving in the underpass a week after the opening of the underpass toi had reported how vehicles in particular those coming from the loop that goes to the service lane on ring road were driving into oncoming traffic in the underpass police claimed that people continued to use that traditional route despite the no entry sign at the mouth of the underpass as per the original design of the underpass vehicles coming from gurugram can either take the loop for chanakyapuri and drive towards san martin marg or take the loop going towards ashram the latter merges with the slip road on ring road this arrangement had been designed to reduce the load of traffic at dhaula kuan and further down on ring road in the process making it easier and faster for commuters to reach delhi from the direction of gurgaon in the evening the underpass works in the opposite direction with people driving from the new delhi and south delhi direction taking the tunnel to go towards gurugram the loop to ashram is then closed since its a blind turn and can lead to accidents and snarls in the tunnelcurrently even during the morning hours when the underpass is open for traffic from gurugram cars are seen entering the underpass causing not only a disruption in traffic flow but also creating conditions for accidents some commuters have informed the police about this violation and about the sharp turn towards south delhi as for the encroachments on the service road that cause the traffic to slow down police said they had requested the civic authorities to have them cleared