Traffic restrictions for Independence Day

New Delhi, August 12

Traffic restrictions will be in placed for the Independence Day function at the Red Fort on its full-dress rehearsal tomorrow. Half-a-dozen roads will remain closed while traffic will be diverted on some roads, s police official said.

Parking facilities will not be available at the Metro stations from 6 am on August 14 till 2 pm on August 15.

Six roads - Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian Road, S P Mukherjee Marg, Chandni Chowk Road, Nishad Raj Marg and Esplanade Road - and its Link Road will be closed for general public from 5 am to 9 am on both the days, the police said.

Vehicles without parking labels for the rehearsal parade must avoid Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Subhash Marg, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg and Ring Road between Nizamuddin bridge and ISBT bridge and take alternative route.

North-South traffic will follow alternative routes from Aurobindo Marg, CP Minto Road, Ring Road-ISBT and Nizamuddin bridge. Local city buses, including DTC, will not move on the Ring Road from 4 am to 11 am on August 15, between Hanuman Setu and Bhairon Road T-point and take alternative routes available.

In the East-West corridor, the vehicular traffic will follow alternative routes of DND-NH24-Vikas Marg, Vikas Marg-DDU Marg and Boulevard Road-Barfkhana.

Movement of goods vehicles between Nizamuddin bridge and Wazirabad bridge will be prohibited from midnight of August 14 to 11 am on August 15. — TNS