G20 Summit: Delhi Police issues traffic, Metro advisories

The Delhi Traffic Police issued a traffic advise ahead of the G20 Summit in the national capital next month to ensure the smooth movement of various means of transportation

“Extensive regulations on vehicular movements will be in place in the National Capital Region (NCR), especially in New Delhi District and its surrounding areas, in the interest of public safety and convenience of the general public,” the traffic police stated in a bulletin.

The G20 Summit will be place in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 at the state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan.

Traffic regulations:

• Non-destination cars will be forced to take the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways and other alternate routes. These vehicles are not permitted to enter the city of Delhi.
• Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs), Medium Goods Vehicles (MGVs), and Light Goods Vehicles (LGVs) will be denied entry. Goods vehicles carrying Essential Commodities such as milk, vegetables, fruits, and medical supplies with valid ‘No Entry Permissions’ will be permitted to enter.
• Interstate buses will also be permitted to enter Delhi. All of these buses will terminate on the Ring Road.
• Buses that are already present in Delhi will run on the Ring Road and the road network beyond the Ring Road to the city’s limits. These buses will be permitted to leave Delhi.
• General traffic, including all sorts of commercial vehicles and buses already in operation in Delhi, would be permitted on the Ring Road and the road network beyond the Ring Road to the city’s limits.
  

  Traffic diversions:

• General traffic, excluding freight trucks and buses, will be permitted to enter Delhi through the Rajokari Border. This traffic will also be forcedly redirected from NHto48 to Rao Tula Ram Marg – Olof Palme Marg. There will be no vehicular movement on NH-48 towards Dhaula Kuan.
• From September 7 to September 10, all types of goods vehicles, commercial vehicles, interstate buses, and local city buses such as Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) buses will be prohibited from operating on Mathura Road (beyond Ashram Chowk), Bhairon Road, Purana Quila Road, and inside Pragati Maidan Tunnel.

1. From Ring Road – Ashram Chowk – Sarai Kale Khan – Delhi-Meerut Expressway – Noida Link Road – Pusta Road –Yudhistir Setu – ISBT Kashmere Gate – Ring Road – Majnu Ka Tila.
2. From AIIMS Chowk – Ring Road – Dhaula Kuan – Ring Road – Brar Square – Naraina Flyover – Rajouri Garden Junction – Ring Road – Punjabi Bagh Junction – Ring Road – Azad Pur Chowk.