Will Include Suggestions By Several Government Agencies In Its Report New Delhi: Days before the BRT case comes up for hearing, the Central Road Research Institute is flooded with “advice” from the transport department and other government agencies on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit corridor. CRRI, which had been asked to submit a “scientific” report on the status of BRT, on Thursday asked for more time to include such proposals into the report. “Findings of studies done before, like the RITES report, will be incorporated. CRRI has also been asked to look at suggestions made by the infrastructure apex body UTTIPEC, like the proposal for a new link from Outer Ring Road to Press Enclave, to divert traffic from the Sheikh Sarai-Chirag Delhi stretch,” said a senior government official. “Traffic plan simulations will be designed featuring multiple scenarios, including the link road that will start from Soami Nagar and connect at Press Enclave,” said a source. The CRRI report will also give suggestions on the likely traffic scenario if BRT is done away with, added the source. The link road is an old proposal of Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd (DIMTS), which was approved by the lieutenant governor in 2008. The road was supposed to provide an alternate route to vehicles going to Gurgaon, which currently form a large chunk of traffic on the BRT corridor. “For anyone going to Gurgaon, the Sheikh Sarai-Chirag Delhi stretch becomes the default route. Most private vehicles on BRT consist of this traffic. The link will divert this traffic away from BRT,” said the official. However, the plan could not take off due to land acquisition problems. Sources said the link road had now been revived as a solution to the BRT chaos. In its interim report, CRRI had given positive feedback on the mixed traffic experiment on BRT, where it had noted that waiting time at the Chirag Delhi intersection had come down considerably after all vehicles were allowed to ply on the dedicated bus corridor. Earlier this month, the Delhi high court had also ordered the transport department to continue to allow motor vehicles on the dedicated lanes till the court takes a decision on the BRT corridor. On Thursday, Nyaya Bhoomi, an NGO, also told the court that a large number of lawyers supports its plea of opening the bus lane to private vehicles. In another plea, the NGO has urged the high court to pass an order as soon as possible, saying lawyers’ bodies in Saket and Patiala House court complex support it.