Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has highlighted the growing traffic crisis in India's major cities, claiming commuters spend 100 to 168 hours every year stuck in traffic.
Chadha shared a video of his speech, stating cities like Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, and Chennai have turned into 'giant parking lots,' where people spend hours sitting in traffic rather than commuting.
The MP stressed that the impact goes beyond inconvenience, pointing to lost productivity, wasted fuel, rising pollution, and declining quality of life as major consequences of prolonged traffic congestion.
Chadha proposed the creation of a National Urban Decongestion Mission to tackle traffic problems in major metro cities, focusing on improving public transport systems, using smarter traffic management strategies, and introducing a scientific parking policy.
