Check timings, roads to keep away from, alternate routes

Delhi site visitors advisory: The Delhi Police has issued a site visitors advisory to guarantee clean vehicular motion within the metropolis on Tuesday, when Independence Day 2023 will likely be celebrated. According to the advisory, site visitors for most of the people round Red Fort, from the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deal with the nation on August 15, will stay closed from 4 am to 10 am. It will likely be open to solely authorised autos, it added.

Eight highway stretches to be closed 

Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian Road, SP Mukherjee Marg, Chandni Chowk Road, Nishad Raj Marg, Esplanade Road and its hyperlink highway to Netaji Subhash Marg, Ring Road from Rajghat to ISBT and Outer Ring Road from ISBT to IP Flyover will stay closed for common site visitors on Tuesday.

Routes to keep away from

Vehicles that shouldn’t have parking labels for Independence Day could keep away from C-Hexagon, India Gate, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, Sikandra Road, W Point, A Point Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, BSZ Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg, J L Nehru Marg, Ring Road between Nizamuddin Khatta and ISBT Kashmere Gate, and Outer Ring Road from Nizamuddin Khatta to ISBT Kashmere Gate through Salimgarh bypass, it stated.

Alternative routes

For north to south entry, commuters can take various routes from Aurobindo Marg, Safdarjang Road, Kamal Ataturk Marg, Kautilya Marg, SP Marg, 11 Murti, Mother Teresa Crescent, Park Street, Mandir Marg, Panchkulan Road, Rani Jhansi Road, and attain their locations in north Delhi and vice-versa, the advisory stated.

Similarly, commuters going from east to west can take NH-24 (NH-9) Nizamuddin Khatta, Barapula Road, beneath AllMS Flyover Ring Road, NH-24 (NH-9) Nizamuddin Khatta, Ring Road, Bhairon Road, Mathura Road, Subramanian Bharti Marg, Rajesh Pilot Marg, Prithviray Road, Safdarjung Road, Kamal Ataturk Marg, Panchsheel Marg, SP Marg/Ridge Road, accordingly and vice versa, it said.

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Timings

Old Iron Bridge and Geeta Colony Bridge in the direction of Shanti Van will likely be closed on that day, it stated. Goods autos won’t be permitted between Nizamuddin Khatta and Wazirabad Bridge from 12 am Monday to 11 am Tuesday. Interstate buses won’t be allowed between Maharana Pratap ISBT and Sarai Kale Khan ISBT from 12 am Monday to 11 am Tuesday, the advisory said.

Local metropolis buses, together with from the DTC, shouldn’t transfer on Ring Road from 12 am Monday to 11 am Tuesday between ISBT Kashmere Gate and Ring Road – NH-24 (NH-9)/NH T-point (Nizamuddin Khatta) and will take accessible various routes, it stated.

Buses ordinarily terminating at Red Fort, Jama Masjid and Delhi Main Railway Station will likely be curtailed or diverted. Normal bus service will likely be restored after 11 am Tuesday, the advisory said. All buses, in any other case terminating at Old Delhi Railway Station, Red Fort, Bhai Mati Dass Chowk, Mon Gate, ISBT Pragati Maidan and Ambedkar Stadium Terminal, shall terminate reverse Turkman Gate Asaf Ali Road, it added.