Metro train services will continue to run normally on Independence Day, 15 August, with restrictions on entry and exit at some of the stations on the Violet Line, officials said on Tuesday, 13 August.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory for the Independence Day function at the Red Fort and for its full dress rehearsal on Tuesday to ensure safe and smooth flow of vehicles across the city.
Delhi Metro to Run Normally
All metro stations in Delhi will remain open on Independence Day but parking at the stations will be closed from 6 am on August 14 till 2 pm on August 15, they said.
The entry and exit at four stations of the Violet Line – Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Delhi Gate and ITO – will be permitted from select gates during the Independence Day ceremony.
Some gates will remain closed at these stations owing to security considerations during this period, the DMRC said.
To facilitate people at Lal Quila station on Independence day, additional ticket counters will be opened both at the Lal Quila and Jama Masjid Metro stations along with deployment of additional staff for guiding the rush after the ceremony, it said.
According to the traffic advisory, seven roads – Netaji Subhash Marg, Lothian Road, S.P Mukherjee Marg, Chandni Chowk Road, Nishad Raj Marg, Esplanade Road, its Link Road, and Ring Road from Rajghat to Y-Point-Hanuman Setu will be closed for general public from 4 am to 10 am.
Traffic restrictions for the full dress rehearsal on Tuesday and for Independence Day celebrations will be the same, they said.
Vehicles without parking labels for the rehearsal and the main celebrations need to avoid Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Subhash Marg, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg and the Ring Road between Nizammuddin Bridge and ISBT bridge.
The north-south traffic will have to ake alternative routes from Aurobindo Marg, Connaught Place-Minto Road, Ring Road-ISBT and Nizamuddin bridge.
In the east-west corridor, vehicular traffic will follow alternative routes of DND-NH24-Vikas Marg, Vikas Marg- DDU Marg, and Boulevard Road-Barfkhana, the traffic advisory stated.
Geeta Colony Bridge will be closed towards Shantivan and vehicles will not be permitted on lower Ring Road from ISBT Kashmere Gate towards Shantivan and from IP flyover towards Rajghat, it said.
Movement of goods vehicles between Nizamuddin bridge and Wazirabad bridge will be prohibited from 12 midnight of 12 August to 11 am on 13 August and the same will be applicable for the Independence Day from 12 midnight of 14 August to 11 am on 15 August.
Inter-state buses will not be allowed between Maharana Pratap ISBT and Sarai Kale Khan ISBT from 12 midnight to 11 am on 13 August and the same applies for 15 August, the police said.
Routes of buses terminating at Red Fort, Jama Masjid and Delhi main railway station will be curtailed or diverted.
Alternative routes will remain open to railway stations, bus stations and hospitals near the venue of Independence Day function, the police added.
(Published in arrangement with PTI)
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