Traffic in south and central Delhi will be affected and regulated for more than six hours till 11 am on Sunday in view of the Half Marathon. Moreover, the Delhi metro will begin from early morning to facilitate the travel of the participants.
“Traffic movement will be regulated on the above roads from 04:45 AM to 11:00 AM. However, uninterrupted movement of emergency vehicles will be facilitated. Cross traffic movement at junctions located along the route will be allowed depending upon the location and density of participants,” the traffic advisory said.
According to the advisory, more than 35,000 participants are expected to compete in the Delhi Half Marathon which will be flagged off from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium around 4.45 am.
The Half Marathon open and police cup 21.09 kilometres will start from the JLN Stadium from 5 am. Elite Athlete Men and Women (Indian and international) - Half Marathon 21.09 km will start from the JLN Stadium Complex from 6.50 am. Open 10 km will start from 7.30 am from the Jeevan Deep Building on Sansad Marg, the advisory said.
Traffic will be diverted as per the requirement on fourth Avenue-Bhisham Pitamaha Marg junction under Sewa Nagar flyover, Kotla traffic signal, Sewa Nagar traffic signal, Jor Bagh Colony Road, Aurobindo Marg-Lodhi Road junction, Subramaniam Bharti Marg-Max Mueller Marg junction, Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, Mathura Road-Bhairon Road junction, round about Man Singh Road, Janpath-Maulana Azad Road junction, round Gurudwara Rakabganj, Sansad Marg-Outer Circle junction, Tilak Marg-C Hexagon junction, etc. It added that commuters are requested to cooperate in this celebration of fitness and said, “The citizens of Delhi are requested to cooperate in this celebration of fitness by avoiding the roads and junctions in the vicinity of Delhi Half Marathon and travelling via suggested routes mentioned above. We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring smooth traffic management.”
Additionally, in a statement, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said, “In order to facilitate the participants of upcoming Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon to be held on Sunday at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the Delhi Metro train services will begin from 03.15 AM from terminal stations of all Lines except the Airport Express Line and Grey Line i.e, Dhansa Bus Stand to Dwarka.”
Services on the lines will be available between 3:15 am to 4 am in an interval of 15 minutes and 4 am to 6 am in an interval of 20 minutes apart from the normal schedule followed from 6 am at the metro stations.
“For the convenience and guidance of the participants, the organizers of the Marathon will also be deploying volunteers at specific Metro stations which include JLN Stadium, Jor Bagh, Janpath, Jangpura and Rajiv Chowk,” it added.
The event organizer is sponsoring the cost of travel for to and fro moment to the event venue for the participants of Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2024. “For this DMRC has provided the required number of QR tickets as per the applicable Metro fare. For runners, to and fro Metro ride is free. Runners are advised to collect the wrist bands with special QR code alongwith their bibs from the organizers,” it stated.
