The national capital region witnessed cloudy skies and light showers on Saturday for the second consecutive day. The dip in temperature has brought some much-needed relief from the roasting heat in the region but the slight drizzling affected in huge traffic jams across the city.

It’s an open secret that heavy rains bring life to a halt in Delhi and NCR and traffic jam is a common thing in this situation.

The traffic speed was very slow on the Delhi-Noida-Direct flyover. Interestingly, the Delhi Traffic Police alerted people about congestion on the roads but the alert notices on Twitter did not include those areas where traffic snarls were caused by rains.

Delhi saw incessant rains throughout the day along with some serious traffic snarls and an even serious Twitter war between the Delhi Police and Gurgaon Police. Social Media has become so important nowadays that even the government departments have made themselves available online in order to communicate in a better manner with the public.

Angry, frustrated, and disappointed commuters took to Twitter to express their grievances. One such commuter, Birender Kumar Singh, tweeted to the Delhi Traffic Police regarding a traffic jam on NH 48. He wrote, “Stuck for last one hour at NH 48 in front of ambiance mall. Please help.”

@gurgaonpolice @dtptraffic stuck for last one hour at NH 48 in front of ambience mall. Please help

— Birender Kumar Singh (@singhbk) September 22, 2017

The Delhi Traffic Police, which has been posting traffic alerts on its Twitter account, promptly replied that since the area was out of its jurisdiction, the complaint was being forwarded to the Gurugram Police. The tweet read, “Thanks, the matter is out of Delhi Police jurisdiction so your complaint is being forwarded to @gurgaonpolice for taking necessary action.”

Thanks, matter is out of Delhi Police jurisdiction so your complaint is being forwarded to @gurgaonpolice for taking necessary action.

— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) September 22, 2017

Gurugram police were fast to respond to Delhi Traffic Police tweet and shifted the blame back to them by telling them to deal with the traffic at Rajokri flyover which as per them was the reason of traffic jam at NH 48. The tweet read, “@dtptraffic Plz clear your traffic over the Rajokri flyover. This is resulting in serious traffic congestion in Gurugram.”

@dtptraffic Plz clear your traffic over rajokri flyover. This is resulting in serious traffic congestion in Gurugram.

— Gurugram Police (@gurgaonpolice) September 22, 2017

The Delhi Traffic Police, however, held both its cool and its ground. This Twitter banter ended as Delhi Police said that the staff is present on the location to handle traffic. “Thanks, sir as per report area traffic officer, the staff is present and regulation the traffic,” they replied.

Thanks, sir as per report area traffic officer, staff is present and regulation the traffic.

— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) September 22, 2017

The blame game and avoidance of responsibilities did not sit well with the people. They slammed both the departments.

Twitter Reactions:

@dtptraffic how u know his location & decide on jurisdiction from your twitter account? This NH8 mess occurs every single day. @LtGovDelhi

— CA (@ca_ind) September 22, 2017

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— Adithaps (@adithaps) September 22, 2017

Well done both the👮, Public is suffering you guys are even confuse about your area.

— Rahul उर्फ़ Zimmy (@hellorahul09) September 22, 2017

Lovely table tennis between 2 police teams who should be interdependent on each other.

— Sunil Issar (@SunilIssar) September 22, 2017

https://twitter.com/nav_neet/status/911259789400797184

This thread shows us the reality that Delhi Police doesn’t really do much when it comes to managing traffic, especially when it rains 🙄 https://t.co/0CSNghg1p4

— S Aadeetya (@aadee_ram) September 22, 2017

Whatever may be the issue, both the departments should have shown some interest in helping the public rather than playing the blame game, isn’t it?

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