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Gita shobha yatra halts traffic in Panipat

PANIPAT: The ‘Gita Shobha Yatra’ organised by the district administration to mark the end of three-day long Gita Jayanti Mahotsav led to heavy traffic jam on National Highway 1 today.

Gita shobha yatra halts traffic in Panipat

Motorists caught in a traffic jam in Panipat on Saturday. tribune photo



Mukesh Tandon

Tribune News Service

Panipat, December 10

The ‘Gita Shobha Yatra’ organised by the district administration to mark the end of three-day long Gita Jayanti Mahotsav led to heavy traffic jam on National Highway 1 today.

The procession started from Sai Chowk in Sector 12 and concluded at Shivaji Stadium in Model Town. The traffic was stopped at Babail Naka on Panipat-Haridwar highway, Eight Marla at Jatal road and naka at Assandh road. The police also halted traffic on NH-1 before the Sanjay Chowk for more than an hour causing traffic jam.

Virender Kumar, a resident of Delhi, rued, “I was held up for one-and-a-half hour in the traffic jam.”

The district authorities also banned three wheelers in the city forcing commuters to walk on foot for kilometers. Suresh Kumar, a resident of Kutani, said, “I had to walk over two kilometers to reach the city.”

3-day fest ends

The three-day district level Gita Jayanti Mahotsav concluded here today. Swami Gyananand presided over the function.

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