Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday issued an order to declare “No Parking Zone” in highly busy Sarojini Nagar market in South Delhi. According to a senior police official, Sarojini Nagar area — G Avenue Road, H Avenue Road, 2nd Cross Road, 3rd Cross Road, Siddhi Vinayak Road, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Jain Mandir Marg, Hanuman Mandir Road and Road behind Emporium Buildings — will not be accessible for people to park their vehicles.
“Keeping in mind the growing menace of improper and unauthorised parking of vehicles which leads to massive traffic snarls in the area such as Sarojini Nagar and adjoining areas of Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Shivaji Stadium etc, senior police official of Delhi Traffic Police, Aslam Khan, DCP (Traffic/Headquarters) passed the order restricting the parking of all type of vehicles on the following roads in Delhi by declaring them as “No Parking Zone” except authorised parking lots till further orders”, the DCP said.
“An earlier notification passed in September 2014 regarding declaration of ‘No Parking Zone’ on Baba Kharak Singh Marg near Hanuman Mandir, between Connaught Place Outer Circus and Metro Station Shivaji Stadium, New Delhi for 24 hours of the day will be treated as null and void”, the order stated.
In another order passed by the Delhi Traffic Police, the movement of HGVs, MGVs and lGVs on Agra Canal Road from Kalindi Kunj to Faridabad Border which causes traffic jams, police have ordered prohibition of entry, plying and idle parking of HGVs, MGVs and lGVs excluding 3-wheeled light goods vehicles on Agra Canal Road from Kalindi Kunj to Faridabad Border from 7 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 11 pm, till further orders.