The government has decided to widen the road at Press Enclave and acquire land near Chirag Dilli village by covering the drain to ease traffic on the Bus Rapid Transit corridor. The decision comes after three days of traffic nightmare on the 5.6-km stretch. Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta said the government is also looking at the possibility of building underpasses for traffic headed rightward along the corridor, leading up to Chirag Dilli intersection. Late Wednesday evening, the DDA gave the government the go-ahead to acquire a park and cover the drain in Chirag Dilli to create a slip road. A park near Press Enclave would also be acquired to widen the road, it is learnt. Officials said approximate area thus acquired for the road would be approximately 600 metres. Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta had earlier allowed yellow-plated taxis to ply along the corridor as a desperate measure to reduce pressure on the car lanes. He said the new measure would help reduce congestion at Chirag Dilli intersection. "The road will be widened and left-moving traffic will have more space. They would thus cause less congestion at the junction.' Transport department officials will meet their DDA counterparts on Thursday to finalise the land acquisition. RITES, the agency supervising civil work of the corridor, will then widen the road. Senior transport department officials said the road once widened by covering the drain running alongside would increase road space for car users. "We have realised that the intersections, particularly the Chirag Dilli intersection, are a major problem for traffic,' Mehta said. "Pile-ups and jams can be reduced only by looking at the possibility of underpasses. DIMTS is looking at it; once we find it feasible, we will approach PWD and other agencies to build it (underpass). "It is a new design and we can only learn as we go ahead with it.' On Wednesday, a cut in the divider near Soami Nagar, on Outer Ring Road, was opened to divert part of the traffic on the corridor. This comes after Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit pulled up the traffic police on Tuesday. The transport department has also banned Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) along the corridor. LCVs, such as tempos, will not be allowed on the stretch between 8 am and 11 am, and 5 pm and 8 pm. Opened for trials on Sunday, the corridor has been subjected to severe criticism for eating into private vehicles' space to create a dedicated bus corridor along the central median. The result has been huge traffic jams.