A week after the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Government to open the BRT corridor for mixed use, the authorities are yet to comply with its order. The traffic on the BRT route continues to flow in the dedicated lane pattern. While the officials of the transport department are unaware of the order, DIMTS, the agency, which manages and operates the corridor, is waiting for the order from the Government to open the corridor for mixed use. Lack of awareness and absence of signage on the route have created massive confusion among the daily commuters and local residents. Sanjeev Gulati, general secretary of the Swami Nagar Resident Welfare Association (RWA), said, “Though the court’s order came a week back, no necessary signages or modifications in the signal cycles have been made on the stretch.” Motorists avoided entering the bus lane fearing a penalty of Rs 2,000. This is for the second time that the HC’s order has not been implemented on the corridor. When enquired, the Transport department officials said that they were waiting for the copy of the HC’s order. “We are yet to receive the copy of the court’s directive. So there is no change of the traffic rules on the 5.8 km stretch from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand (the buses on their respective lanes and the private vehicles on the extreme left lanes),” said a Transport official. The Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS), though was aware of the HC’s directions is waiting for an official communiqué to go ahead from the Transport Department. “Unless it is conveyed to us officially, we cannot make any modifications in the traffic discharge on the stretch,” said a DIMTS spokesperson. The court on July 5 had ordered the Delhi Government to restore the same arrangement on the BRT Corridor, which was followed during the trail run conducted by CRRI in May. Meanwhile, expert body, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) is likely to submit its final report on the BRT corridor on July 12, upon which the court would decide to continue with or scrap the corridor. “The detailed report on the BRT Corridor will take expound on factors such as the passenger flow and delay time they face as well as the fuel consumption for private vehicles, which got left out in the interim report,” said Dr S Velmurugan, senior scientist with CRRI. The RWAs of South Delhi expressed disappointment as the traffic continued to crawl on the BRT Corridor in absence of the opening of the lanes for all traffic.