Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha highlighted in the Rajya Sabha the growing traffic crisis in India’s major cities, claiming that commuters spend 100 to 168 hours every year stuck in traffic, and called for a nationwide solution to ease urban congestion.
In a post on X on Friday, Chadha shared a video of his speech earlier this week and said that cities like Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai have effectively turned into “giant parking lots”, with people spending hours in traffic instead of actually commuting.
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Chadha said he had raised the issue in Parliament, where he proposed setting up a National Urban Congestion Decongestion Mission aimed at addressing traffic problems in major metro cities.
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According to him, such a mission should focus on improving public transportation systems, using smarter traffic management strategies, and introducing a scientific parking policy to better manage urban mobility.
“We are not stuck in traffic. We are stuck because of it,” Chadha said, adding that if India wants to boost economic growth, its cities must start moving.
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Traffic congestion has long been a concern in India’s urban centres, where rapid population growth and increasing numbers of vehicles have put pressure on existing infrastructure.
