The Delhi Traffic Police issued an advise today for the complete dress rehearsal for tomorrow's Independence Day festivities to ensure a smooth flow of cars.
Following roads will be closed for inter-city and
DTC buses from 12 am to 11 am:
· Lothian
Road from Chatta Rail Chowk to Kashmere Gate
· Netaji
Subash Marg from Chatta Rail Chowk to Delhi Gate
· Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee Marg
· Ring
Road between Nizamuddin Khatta (NH-24) and the Northern loop of ISBT Kashmere
Gate
· C-Hexagon,
Shershah Road, Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, Pandara Road, Shahajahan Road, Akbar
Road, Rajpath, Ashoka Road, KG Marg, Copernicus Marg, Tilak Marg, Purana Quila
Road, Sikandara Road, Bhagwan Dass Road, and BSZ Marg
· Ashoka
Road from R/A Windsor Place to C-Hexagon
· K.G.
Marg from Ferozeshah Road to C-Hexagon
· Vikas
Marg, beyond loop towards Delhi secretariat
· Mathura
Road from Ashram Chowk to W point
According to the advisory, eight roads will be
closed to the public from 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday: Netaji Subhash Marg,
Lothian Road, S.P Mukherjee Marg, Chandni Chowk Road, Nishad Raj Marg,
Esplanade Road and its Link Road, Ring Road from Rajghat to ISBT and Outer Ring
Road from ISBT to IP Flyover.
Vehicles without parking labels should avoid
C-Hexagon, India Gate, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, Sikandra Road, W Point, A
point Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, BSZ Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, J L Nehru Marg,
Ring Road between Nizamuddin Khatta and ISBT Kashmere Gate, and Outer Ring Road
from Nizamuddin Khatta to ISBT Kashmere Gate via Salimgarh bypass.
Commuters commuting from north to south Delhi would
have to take other routes such as Aurobindo Marg, Safdarjung Road, Kamal
Ataturk Marg, Kautilya Marg, Mother Teresa Crescent, Park Street, Mandir Marg,
and Rani Jhansi Road.
It said that vehicular traffic in
the east-west corridor will take alternate routes of NH-24, Nizamuddin Khatta,
Barapula Road -- under AIIMS Flyover, Ring Road, Mathura Road, Subramania
Bharti Marg, Rajesh Pilot Marg, Prithviraj Road and Safdarjung Road, and so on,
and that the Old Iron Bridge and Geeta Colony bridge towards Shanti Van will be
closed.
Goods vehicle movement between the Nizamuddin and
Wazirabad bridges will be barred from midnight on August 12 to 11 a.m. on
August 13. Interstate buses will also be prohibited between Maharana Pratap
ISBT and Sarai Kale Khan ISBT during this time, according to the advice.
City buses, including those operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), will not run on Ring Road between midnight on August 12 and 11 a.m. on August 13 and between ISBT and NH-24 (NH-9)/NH T-point on Ring Road, instead using alternate routes. According to the report, these buses may use G T Road, Wazirabad Road, and NH-24.
Bus routes terminating at the Red Fort, Jama Masjid, and the Delhi Central Railway Station will be reduced or redirected. Alternative routes to train stations, bus stops, and hospitals near the Independence Day ceremony will remain available.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Saturday that metro services in the national capital will begin at 5 a.m. on Independence Day.
The DMRC indicated via a post on the microblogging
site X (previously Twitter) that trains will operate every 30 minutes on all
lines until 6 a.m.
"To assist passengers in attending the Independence Day ceremony on
August 15, 2023 (Tuesday), Delhi Metro train services on all Lines will begin
at 05.00 am from all terminal stations." Trains will run at a 30 minute
interval on all lines until 06.00 a.m. Metro trains will run as usual after 6
a.m. and throughout the day," DMRC said in a statement.
It further said that parking facilities at metro stations will be unavailable from 6 a.m. on August 14 to 2 p.m. on August 15.
"In addition, parking facilities will NOT BE AVAILABLE at Delhi
Metro stations from 6 a.m. on Monday, August 14, 2023, until 2 p.m. on Tuesday,
August 15, 2023, due to Independence Day security measures." However,
Metro train services will continue to operate as usual," DMRC noted.
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