Major arterial roads in South Delhi, East Delhi and National Highway 24 are expected to witness huge traffic flow and severe snarls for the next three days due to two major events being held in the national Capital.
While the World Culture Festival organised by the Art of living is being held on the banks of the Yamuna River, the Radha Soami Satsang Beas’ event will be held in Mehrauli.
Both the events will kick-off on Friday and lakhs of people are expected to pour into the city. This will impact vehicular movement as the Delhi Traffic Police will impose restrictions and divert traffic from roads leading up to these venues.
To make matters worse for Delhiites, more than 20,000 weddings are scheduled to take place in the city on Friday.
The roads which are expected to witness major traffic snarls include the Ring Road stretch in South Delhi, NH-24, Noida link Road, Noida-Mayur Vihar stretch till Akshardham, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Ashram Chowk, Aurobindo Marg, Mahipalpur Chowk and Mehrauli-Gurgaon road.
Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander, who is charting out the traffic plan for the World Culture Festival said, “The organisers have made provisions for parking on the Yamuna bank. The space is limited, so parking will be on first-come, first-served basis.”
“People should use public transport and avoid the Noida link Road, NH-24 and the Ring Road stretch from the point of intersection with Bhairon Marg till the mouth of the DND Flyway,” a senior official said, adding that traffic jams can be expected on these stretches from 12 noon to 11 pm.
Those going from trans-Yamuna to central Delhi should use the ITO road as Akshardham and NH-24 will be congested. Commuters from Noida heading towards Delhi should take the DND Flyway as traffic on the Noida link Road is expected to be heavy during the event, he added. Around 1,700 traffic personnel have been deployed for the Aol event.
“Due to the Radha Soami Satsang Beas event in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri area, traffic will be heavy near Bhati Mines, Andheria More, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, especially the stretch between lado Sarai and Khanpur, and the road near IIT-Delhi,” the senior official said.
In view of the large number of weddings scheduled on Friday, special arrangements will be made near Ashram Chowk and other areas in South Delhi that include Mehrauli and Chhatarpur, the official added.