In view of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh on Sunday, the Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory asking commuters to avoid certain roads, which fall on the route of “Nagar Kirtan procession”. The procession will start around 10 am from Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and will terminate at Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology going through Talkatora Road, Patel Road, Moti Nagar Chowk, Jail Road, Clock tower Hari Nagar and Tulsidas Marg.
The areas likely to be affected are New Delhi, parts of Central Delhi and West Delhi, Ring Road at Raja Garden, Talkatora Road, North Avenue Marg, Mother Teresa Crescent, Upper Ridge Road, Park Street, Shankar Road, Pusa Road, Patel Road, Satguru Ram Singh Marg, Najafgarh Road, Vishal Cinema Road, Choudhary Bhimsen Marg, lal Sain Mandir Marg, Shaheed Mangal Pandey Marg, among others.
“Transport buses and lGVs( light Goods Vehicles) will be diverted at the given points: Shankar Road (Upper Ridge Road), Springdales School (Pusa Road), DDU Marg (Press Road), KG Marg (Ferozshah Road), C Hexagon (KG Marg), Akbar Road, Janpath (Maulana Azad Road), Gol Methi, 11 Murti and Simon Bolivar Marg (Panchsheel Marg)”, said Anil Shukla, Joint Commissioner of Traffic (Delhi).
Depending upon the traffic situation, buses will not be allowed to enter towards Connaught Place beyond 11 Murti, Talkatora Stadium, Park Street, Mandir Marg, Peshwa Road, Mandir Marg, DBG Road, Bhav Bhuti Marg, DDU -Vivekanand Marg, Mandi House, ‘C’ -Hexagon, Maulana Azad Road, Sunehri Masjid, R/A Krishna Menon Marg -Dalhousie Road during the movement of the procession in New Delhi area.