Republic Day 2024: Delhi Police issues advisory on Republic Day traffic arrangements, restrictions

Republic Day 2024 Delhi traffic advisory, Delhi traffic advisory for 26 January 2024: The Delhi Police issued an advisory on traffic arrangements and restrictions put in place for the smooth conduct of the country's 75th Republic Day celebrations in the national capital on Wednesday.

Republic Day parade timing 2024 in Delhi

As per the advisory issued, the Republic Day parade will start at 10.30 a.m. from Vijay Chowk and proceed towards the Red Fort grounds. There will be a related function at the National War Memorial, India Gate, at 9.30 a.m.

Authorities have placed extensive traffic arrangements and restrictions along the parade route. The parade will pass through Vijay Chowk, Kartavya Path, C-Hexagon, the Subhas Chandra Bose roundabout, Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Netaji Subhas Marg, and Red Fort, the advisory stated.

No traffic movement is being allowed on Kartavya Path from Vijay Chowk to India Gate from 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The restrictions will continue until the parade is over. No cross-traffic will be allowed on Kartavya Path at Rafi Marg, Janpath, and Man Singh Road from 10 pm on Wednesday until the end of the parade, the advisory stated.

Is India Gate closed?

C-Hexagon-India Gate will be closed for traffic from 9.15 am on Thursday until the parade crosses Tilak Marg. From 10.30 am on Thursday, traffic on Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, and Netaji Subhas Marg will not be allowed, it said. Cross-traffic will only be allowed depending on the movement of the parade.

The traffic advisory also suggested alternative routes that motorists could follow. The route from Madarsa, Lodhi Road T-point via Aurobindo Marg, AIIMS Chowk, Ring Road-Dhaula Kuan, Vande Matram Marg, and Shankar Road to reach Mandir Marg can be taken by commuters, the traffic advisory stated.

Flying of sub-conventional aerial platforms such as paragliders, UAVs, UASs, microlight aircraft, remotely piloted aircraft, paramotors, hang gliders, hot-air balloons, small-size-powered aircraft, quadcopters, or parajumping from aircraft is prohibited over the jurisdiction of Delhi till February 15, it stated.

Commuters travelling to New Delhi railway station from south Delhi can pass through Dhaula Kuan, Vande Matram Marg, Panchkuian Road, the Connaught Place Outer Circle, and Chelmsford Road for the Paharganj side, and Minto Road and Bhavbhuti Marg for the Ajmeri Gate side.

From east Delhi, they can take Boulevard Road via the ISBT bridge, the Rani Jhansi flyover, the Jhandewalan roundabout, DB Gupta Road, Sheela Cinema Road, and the Paharganj bridge, it said. To travel to Old Delhi railway station from south Delhi, the advisory urged people to take the Ring Road, Ashram Chowk, Sarai Kale Khan, Rajghat, Chowk Yamuna Bazar, SP Mukherjee Marg, Chhatta Rail, and the Kauria Bridge.

Inter-state buses from Ghaziabad bound for Shivaji Stadium will have to take National Highway-24, the Ring Road, and terminate at Bhairon Road. Buses coming from National Highway-24 will take a right turn on Road No. 56 and terminate at ISBT-Anand Vihar. Buses for the Wazirabad Bridge from Ghaziabad will be diverted at Mohan Nagar towards Bhopra Chungi.

No heavy transport or light goods vehicles will be allowed to enter Delhi from other states from 11 pm on Thursday until the parade is over. These vehicles will only be allowed to ply between ISBT-Sarai Kale Khan and ISBT-Kashmere Gate on the Ring Road from 7.30 am to 1.30 pm on Friday, the advisory stated. People are requested to make maximum use of public transport to reach Kartavya Path, it said.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)'s statement said, "People who will be in possession of bona fide e-invitation cards or e-tickets for attending the Republic Day ceremony will be issued coupons on production of government-issued identity cards at stations, which will be valid for exits from Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhawan stations only to reach Kartavya Path."

The same coupon will be valid for return journeys from these two stations. Passengers with invitation cards marked for enclosures 1 to 9 and V1 and V2 should deboard at Udyog Bhawan.

The DMRC said, "Similarly, those (with invitation cards) marked for enclosures 10 to 24 and VN are advised to deboard at the Central Secretariat. Regular announcements will also be made inside the trains to inform passengers about the same so that they deboard at the designated stations in order to reach their enclosures smoothly."

(With PTI inputs)