Delhi is all prepped up to celebrate New Year’s Eve with festivities taking place at a number of restaurants, malls and other public places. Delhi Traffic Police issued a notice yesterday stating diversions, closures and routes to avoid from New Year’s eve.
Delhi Traffic Police will impose the following restrictions for all private and public transport vehicles from 8.00 pm onwards on December 31 in the vicinity of Delhi till the conclusion of New Year celebrations.
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- No vehicle will be permitted to proceed towards Connaught Place beyond R/A Mandi House, R/A Bengali Market ,North foot of Ranjit Singh Flyover, Minto Road Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg crossing, Chelmsford Road near Munje Chowk, R.K. Ashram Marg-Chitragupta Marg Crossing, R/A Gole Market, R/A G.P.O, Patel Chowk, Kasturba Gandhi Road Ferozeshah Road Crossing, Jal Singh Road-Bangla Sahib Lane and R/A Windsor place.
- Only valid pass holders will be permitted in inner, middle or outer circle of Connaught Place
- In the vicinity of Connaught Place, limited parking space will be available on first come first serve basis at designated areas.
- Those commuters who seek to travel to New Delhi Railway Station must access it through Ram Manohar Lohiya Park Street via Mandir Marg or through Rani Jhansi Road or through R/A Jhandewaian or through DeshBandhu Gupta Road. Commuters can also take R/A GPO or R/A Windsor Place route. Entry from Connaught Place via Chelmsford Road will be prohibited. From Ajmeri Gate commuters can take second entry gate and reach via Pahar Ganj.
- Routes around Old Delhi Railway Station will stay intact.
- Traffic restrictions will also be in place around India Gate.
- In west Delhi, commuters must avoid Najafgarh Road, (Dwarka Mor to Zakhira flyover) and Outer Ring Road (From Janak Puri to Peeragarh Chowk).
- In South Delhi, commuters should avoid taking these routes- Press Enclave Road Saket to Ring Road, Firoz Gandhi Marg and Veer Savarkar Marg to Central Market Lajpat Nagar, Bhisham Pitamah Marg to New Delhi from Andrews Ganj and Lodhi Road to Ring Road AIIMS.
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Refer to the official traffic advisory for elaborate information regarding diversions and road closures.
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Published: 29 Dec 2023, 10:40 AM IST
