Delhi's Minto Bridge Fine Despite Heavy Rains, Internet Calls It ‘Medical Miracle'
The infamous underbridge that is believed to be over 90 years old was caught functioning properly for once amidst the monsoon season.
As torrential rains struck the national capital, Delhiites immediately worried for the infamous Minto Bridge with its reputation for waterlogging and traffic malfunctions. Much to everyone's surprise, the bridge functioned smoothly on Wednesday, July 23, with no case of waterlogging encountered by the locals and travellers.
The railway underbridge, which is approaching a century of its existence, has faced major waterlogging issues since its Independence. Because it lies at the key traffic junction of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Marg and Swami Vivekananda Marg (formerly Minto Road), the underbridge often posed an unavoidable hurdle during the monsoon season in the past for travellers going towards Connaught Place on one side and New Delhi station, Old Delhi and Darya Ganj on the other.
While the strategic positioning of the underbridge supports heavy vehicle turnout, it endured a flood of water gathering during the rainfalls in the city, causing a major traffic issue. The scenes were different today, however, as news agency ANI posted a video showing normal vehicular movement and no waterlogging at the infamous bridge.
'Latest visuals from Minto Bridge; traffic running smoothly. The national capital received heavy rainfall this morning," read the caption to the video, which would've raised eyebrows for locals used to facing traffic problems at the Minto Bridge.
'Despite heavy rain, traffic moved smoothly at Minto Bridge, once the first to flood with even a drizzle. That's the change Delhi is witnessing under the BJP government in just a few months!" tweeted BJP's Amit Malviya, who credited the change to the BJP government in Delhi under the new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
An X user summed up the emotions of the Delhiites on seeing a smoothly functioning Minto Bridge, writing: 'Breaking: Minto Bridge survives Delhi rains without turning into a swimming pool! Adbhut! Avishwasniya! Akalpaniya! (Amazing! Unbelievable! Unimaginable)."
Another, however, gave a reality check to everyone by saying this should ideally not even be news in a developing country. 'One of the busiest roads in the most important borough of the country's capital, not being waterlogged due to rain is news in this country," the user wrote.
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