According to the advisory, no public or private vehicles will be allowed in Connaught Place from 8pm on December 31 "till the end of the celebrations", without specifying the exact timing when the restrictions would be lifted. The Delhi Traffic Police will deploy around 2,500 personnel for the smooth movement of vehicles and 250 teams to regulate drunk driving, officers said.
The points beyond which vehicles will not be allowed towards Connaught Place are the Mandi House roundabout, Bengali Market roundabout, Ranjot Singh flyover, Minto Road-DDU Marg crossing, Chelmsford Road, RK Ashram Marg-Chitragupta Marg crossing, Gole Market roundabout, GPO roundabout, Patel Chowk, Kasturba Gandhi-Road-Ferozshah Road crossing, Windsor Place roundabout and Jai Singh Road-Bangla Sahib lane.
Only vehicles with valid passes would be allowed in the inner, middle or outer circles of Connaught Place, the advisory added. For people who plan to visit Connaught Place in their private vehicles, police have marked 10 parking spots — including places near Gole Dak Khana, Patel Chowk, Mandi House, Minto Road, Panchkuian Road, Bengali Market, Windsor Place, among others. Limited parking spots will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
This story is from the December 29, 2023 edition of Hindustan Times.
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