New Delhi:
The Delhi traffic police on Monday issued a traffic advisory for the New Year Eve night, with special arrangements being made for the areas in the vicinity of Connaught Place in the national capital. No vehicle will be allowed in the inner, middle or outer circle of Connaught Place from 8.00 pm till the conclusion of New Year celebrations. It will be applicable to all private and public transport vehicles.
Around 15,000 police personnel have been deployed across the national capital to ensure celebrations go off smoothly on New Year's Eve. To ensure that women safety is not compromised, women police personnel will also be deployed in plain clothes at various strategic locations across the city, Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) said.
"We have deployed around 15,000 police personnel across Delhi to maintain the law and order situation on the eve of New Year to ensure that the celebrations go smoothly," Verma said.
Following restrictions shall be imposed in the vicinity of Connaught Place:
# No vehicle shall be allowed to proceed towards Connaught Place beyond Mandi House, Bengali Market, North foot of Ranjit Singh Flyover, Minto Road – Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg crossing, Chelmsford Road near Munje Chowk, RK Ashram Marg-Chitragupta Marg Crossing, Gole Market, GPO, Patel Chowk, Kasturba Gandhi Road - Ferozshah Road Crossing, Jai Singh Road-Bangla Sahib Lane and Windsor place.
Parking arrangements (Connaught Place)
Motorists can park their vehicles at the following places in the vicinity of Connaught Place:
# Near Gole Dak Khana
# Kali Bari Marg
# Pt. Pant Marg
# Bhai Veer Singh Marg
# Near Patel Chowk on Rakab Ganj Road behind AIR.
# Near Mandi House on Copernicus Marg up to Baroda House.
# Near Minto Road on DD Upadhaya Marg and Press Road area.
# Panchkuian Road on RK Ashram Marg, Chitragupta Road & Basant Road towards Pahar Ganj.
# KG Marg near Ferozshah Road or KG Marg to ‘C’ Hexagon.
# Near Windsor Place
# Rajender Prasad Road
# Raisina Road
Traffic arrangements have also been made at the places having high footfall, including Saket, Greater Kailash, Lajpat Nagar, New Friends Colony, Hauz khas, Defence Colony, Vasant Vihar, R.K. Puram, Nehru Place, Dwarka, Palam Air Port, Rajouri Garden Area, Ashok Vihar Area, Model Town Area, Mayur Vihar Area and Other areas.
The police added that special checkings will be made against drunken driving, stunt biking, over speeding, reckless driving, zig-zag and dangerous driving.
Delhi Metro advisory
In view of security measures, exit facility at the Rajiv Chowk metro station will not be available for commuters from 9 pm onwards on Monday. Rajiv Chowk, one of the busiest stations of the Delhi Metro, caters to both the Blue Line and the Yellow Line.
"As advised by Delhi Police authorities, exit of passengers from the Rajiv Chowk metro station will not be permitted from 9 PM onwards on New Year's Eve, i.e., December 31. This is to enable the authorities to maintain peace, and law and order during New Year Eve's celebrations in New Delhi district area," the DMRC said in a statement.
However, passengers will be allowed to enter the Rajiv Chowk metro station after 9 PM to board trains, it said.
"Interchange facility between Line-2 (HUDA City Centre- Samaypur Badli) and Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sec-21 - NOIDA City Centre/Vaishali) will continue as usual at the Rajiv Chowk metro station till the end of services. Services at all other metro corridors and stations will continue normally," it said.
A large number of New Year's revellers converge at Connaught Place to ring in the new year with celebrations.
(With PTI inputs)
