Delhi border to be sealed on Aug 15

Friday , Aug 13, 2009
Source: http://pib.nic.in

If you are planning to travel out of the city on August 15, hit the Delhi border only in the latter half of the day. As part of Independence Day security arrangements, Delhi Traffic Police would be sealing the city borders on August 15. While commercial vehicles will banned from entering Delhi, all private passenger vehicles will be allowed only after thorough checking.

"The restrictions will be in place from midnight to about 9am on August 15, till the function gets over. Traffic diversions will be put on all roads around Red Fort while the function is on,'' said SN Shrivastava, joint commissioner of police (traffic). Due to these restrictions, heavy traffic is expected at the borders.

Within the city, no vehicles would be allowed on Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian Road, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg, Chandni Chowk, New Daryaganj road and Link Road from 5am till about 9am. Only vehicles with issued labels would be allowed in this area on Saturday morning. Restrictions would also be imposed on Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Subhash Marg, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg and Ring Road till the celebrations at Red Fort end.

Buses plying on both interstate and city routes would be restricted interstate buses will not be allowed between ISBT Kashmere Gate and ISBT Sarai Kale Khan while local buses will not take Ring Road between Hanuman Setu and Bhairon Road. Buses terminating at Red Fort, Jama Masjid and Old Delhi railway station would also be diverted.

Access to hospitals, railway stations and bus terminals in the vicinity of the venue, however, would not be curtailed. "Vehicles would be allowed to go to railway stations, though there would be no parking for security reasons. Movement to hospitals would also be allowed,'' Shrivastava added.