The cavity has been created courtesy officials of the Public Works Department (PWD), who are constructing a subway there. The subway, a unique one in its own right, will be the first underpass which will allow passage to motorists and two-wheelers along with pedestrians. However, till it is constructed, it will remain an accident zone for all those going towards Ghaziabad and further.

According to residents, the brick wall has already collapsed once and apart from several trucks, which have had collisions, once a car skidded and overturned because of the wall. Pedestrians, of course are following the close-your-eyes-and make-a-dash routine, whenever they have to cross the road. Problems arise, when people coming from Ghaziabad alight from the bus and have to cross the road to reach their homes in West Vinod Nagar.

The highway, which is used by all those going towards Ghaziabad, Meerut, Hapur and Saharanpur, sees tremendous flow of traffic, especially from late evenings to early morning. Since construction has blocked more than half the road on both sides, traffic moves at a snail's pace on this stretch.

Construction on the subway near West Vinod Nagar in Mayur Vihar Phase-II began in August last year. Supposed to be completed by the middle of June this year, the project is definitely behind schedule.

Admitting that there was a problem, a constable of Trilokpuri police station, said: ``We have had a few accidents but there have been no casualties. But the flow of traffic is reduced to a trickle on this stretch because of the subway.''

According to Dharmendra Chauhan, the contractor for the subway: ``It would have been completed on time but there was no cement and steel available in the central stores of PWD. Therefore, we are behind schedule. But most of the work is completed and the subway will be operational by the end of this month.''

Considering the fact that the subway does not have either a floor or a ceiling yet and all one sees are the naked steel girders, it leaves one doubtful about the tall claims being proffered, to say the least.

According to J.J. Lal, Superintending Engineer, PWD: ``We are not much behind schedule as far as the construction of this subway is concerned. Actually the unseasonal rains in May, put us a little behind schedule as we had to stop excavation work. However, it will be completed by the end of this month.''

The chief engineer on the project is I.M. Singh, superintending engineer J.J. Lal, executive engineer, R.P. Yaduvindu and assistant engineer is O.P. Rawat.