The Delhi Traffic Police has issued a warning announcing road closures and alternative routes for the full rehearsal of Independence Day events on August 13.
Eight roads – Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian Road, SP Mukherjee Marg, Chandni Chowk Road, Nishad Raj Marg, Esplanade Road and its link roads, Ring Road from Rajghat to ISBT and Outer Ring Road from ISBT to IP Flyover – will From 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Vehicles without rehearsal parking stickers 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, JL Nehru Marg, Ring Road Between The announcement stated that Nizamuddin Khatta and ISBT Kashmere Gate, as well as from Nizamuddin Khatta to ISBT Kashmir Gate via Salimgarh bypass Kashmere Gate) Outer Ring Road.
Commuters traveling between North Delhi and South Delhi should opt for alternatives such as Aurobindo Marg, Safdarjung Road, Kamal Ataturk Marg, Kautilya Marg, SPM Marg, 11 Murti, Mother Teresa Crescent, Park Street, Mandir Marg, Panchkuian Road and Rani Jhansi Road Route to destination.
In the east-west corridor, vehicular traffic will move along alternative routes of NH-24, Nizamuddin Khatta, Barapula Road — at Ring Road under AIIMS flyover, Nizamuddin Khatta, Ring Road, Mathura Road, Subramania Bharti Marg, Rajesh Pilot Marg, it is said , Prithviraj Road and Safdarjung Road etc. will be closed and vice versa.
The Old Iron bridge and Geeta Colony bridge leading to Shanti Van will also be closed.
DND, NH-24 (NH-9), Yudhister Setu, Signature Bridge and Wazirabad Bridge will remain open till Ring Road, the statement said.
The movement of goods vehicles between Nizamuddin Bridge and Wazirabad Bridge will be prohibited from midnight on August 12 to 11 am on August 13.
Interstate buses will also not be allowed between Maharana Pratap ISBT and Sarai Kale Khan ISBT during this period, the advisory said.
City buses, including those operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), will stop on Ring Road and between ISBT to NH-24 (NH-9)/NH T-point from midnight on August 12 to 11 am on August 13 run.
Buses traveling from East, North, Central, West, South and intending to use the ring road between Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Tilak Marg, Subash Marg, Akhara Chandgi Ram and Hazrat Nizamuddin Bridge will be directed to avoid these stretches and take alternative routes .
People participating in Independence Day activities are advised not to bring cameras, binoculars, remote car keys, umbrellas, handbags, briefcases, transistors, lighters, lunch boxes, water bottles, lunch boxes, etc.
Before August 15, non-traditional aerial platforms such as paragliders, paramotors, hang gliders, drones, micro-light aircraft, remotely piloted aircraft, hot air balloons, quadcopters or skydiving were prohibited within Delhi's jurisdiction. added.
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