The 5.6-km long Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand stretch of the BRT corridor was opened to the public in May last year. The BRT corridor is to be extended to Delhi Gate by next year.

The 14.5-km Ambedkar Nagar-Delhi Gate project being built at a cost of Rs.18.19 billion will be a milestone for the infrastructure upgradation being carried out in the national capital for the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

According to Delhiites, such incidents clearly show how badly the city is prepared before the Commonwealth Games.

'Before it was Delhi Metro and now BRT. Such incidents show that we are compromising on quality of work and material to meet the games deadline. It is so scary as thousands of people cross the BRT daily and anything could happen. Delhi Government should take it seriously,' said Abhijeet Singh, a software engineer.

The BRT corridor project has been in the thick of controversy for adversely affecting the flow of traffic. The Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand corridor has also claimed many lives since last year, prompting people to express concern over its safety.

The government's Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has already given the nod to six BRT corridors with a combined route length of 107 km.

The government's deadline to complete the BRT routes is December 2009 and commuters would be able to start using these corridors between January 2010 and June 2010, much before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games.