Traffic will be impacted in central Delhi on Tuesday due to the full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day parade, the Delhi Traffic Police has said in an advisory, asking people to plan their journeys accordingly.
According to the advisory issued on Monday, the dress rehearsal will start at 10.30am from Vijay Chowk and pass Kartavya Path, C-Hexagon, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose statue roundabout, Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, and Netaji Subhas Marg, before culminating at Red Fort. Therefore, no traffic movement will be allowed on Kartavya Path from Vijay Chowk to India Gate from 6pm on Monday till the end of the rehearsal at 1pm on Tuesday, the advisory said.
From 10:30am on Tuesday, traffic on both directions will not be allowed on Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and Netaji Subhas Marg. Cross-traffic will only be allowed depending on the movement of the parade,” the advisory read.
The advisory also noted that there will be no cross-traffic on Kartavya Path at Rafi Marg, Janpath and Man Singh Road from 11pm on Monday till the end of the dress rehearsal.
Metro services, the advisory said, will remain available from all stations during the dress rehearsal. However, entry and exit from the Central Secretariat and the Udyog Bhawan stations will not be permitted from 5am till 12 pm on Tuesday.
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