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New Delhi: The Delhi Traffic Police has issued two traffic advisories for two separate key events scheduled in the national capital on Sunday and Monday, informing the public about diversions and restrictions to be implemented in various parts of the southern, central and northern areas. of Delhi. The first event that will start around 4 am on Sunday is the 43rd National Marathon Championships, the 9th edition of the New Delhi Marathon and the qualifying series for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The second event is the annual Ijtema at Shahi Idgah , in north Delhi, which will begin on Sunday night and conclude around 11 am on Monday.
The first event to be conducted by the Delhi Athletics Association (DAA) with the support of NEB Sports after the approval of the Athletics Federation of India will close from gate number 1 of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JLN) at 4.15 am Sunday. There will be three different events (marathon and national half marathon, 10 km race and 5 km race) for which different routes have been defined. The two marathons will start from gate number 1 of the stadium and conclude at the same point after participants run towards Janpath and Jaswant Singh roundabout in central Delhi via C-Hexagon and Kartavya Path.
The 10km run will start from JLN Stadium West Block till reaching The Blind School, Mathura Road and returning to the same location. Likewise, the 5 kilometer route will start from the west block of the stadium until reaching the Aurobindo Marg junction and returning to the same west block of the stadium.
According to the traffic police notice, the movement of vehicles on the race routes will be regulated from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. However, the uninterrupted circulation of emergency vehicles will be facilitated. Cross vehicle movement will be permitted at route junctions depending on the location and density of participants, according to the advisory:
The points where traffic will be diverted as required will be:
* 4th Avenue-Bhishma Pitamah Marg junction under Sewa Nagar flyover,
*Sewa Nagar red light on 4th Avenue
*Khanna Second Avenue Market
* Aurobindo Marg-Lodhi road junction (Madarsa T point)
* Subramaniam Bharti Marg-Max Mueller Marg junction
* Subramaniam Bharti Marg-Archbishop Makarios Marg junction
*Neela Gumbad
* Subramaniam Bharti Marg-Zakir Hussain Marg junction
*Q point
*Janpath-Maulana Azad road junction
* Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Roundabout
*Jai Singh Road-Baba Kharak Singh Lane junction
*Buta Sing roundabout
* Jaswant Singh Roundabout
* Purana Quila Road-C Hexagon Junction
* Junction of Sher Shah Road and Mathura Road
*Point W
* Kotla red light
*Red light at Meharchand Market on Fifth Avenue
*Andrews Ganj Red Light
* Rajesh Pilot Marg-Amrita Shergil Marg junction
* Subramaniam Bharti Marg-Maharishi Raman Marg junction
*Lala Lajpat Rai Marg
* Mathura Road-Bhairon Road junction
* Subramaniam Bharti Marg-Pandara road junction
* Man Singh Road Roundabout
* Sunehri Masjid Roundabout
* Gol Dak Khana Roundabout
* Sansad Marg-Outer Circle Junction
*Windsor Place Roundabout
*Tilak Marg-C hexagonal joint
* Sher Shah Road-C Hexagon Junction
* Tilak Marg-Bhagwan Das road junction
Through the alert, the traffic police have advised citizens to use public transport instead of their private vehicles to decongest the roads and also avoid parking on the roads.
The second traffic advisory was issued in connection with the annual Ijtema which will be held at Shahi Idgah from Sunday to Monday and will be attended by nearly 150,000 devotees. Consequently, traffic detours will be carried out from 9:00 p.m. on Sunday until 11:00 a.m. on Monday at the following points:
*Kashmir ISBT Gate
*Mori door red light
*Azad Chowk Market
*Baraf Khana Chowk
*Point Y-KD Chowk
*Panchkuain roundabout
*Ram Kumar Marg
*Jhandewalan Roundabout
*Khoya Mandi
*Y-Point Faiz Road merges with Rani Jhansi Road
*Idgah Roundabout
The traffic police said traffic restrictions would be imposed as per requirements on Rani Jhansi Road and Boulevard Road from Mori Gate red light to Jhandewalan roundabout during the period.