When the main roads become clogged, traffic trickles into the service lanes
A surge in heavy public movement due to the ongoing Navratri festival was supplemented by the T 20 match between India and Bangladesh at Arun Jaitley cricket stadium on Wednesday. Adding to the vehicular traffic were sport fans who trekked on foot to reach the stadium on time, as well as early bird vendors who set up small stalls before the match began. When the main roads became clogged, traffic trickled into the service lanes.
The massive traffic clogged Delhi for the seventh day on Wednesday with thousands of motorists having to negotiate heavy congestion on the city’s arterial roads, in most parts of the capital mostly in South, Central and East Delhi during the day.
Traffic was affected during the peak hours on Rajghat, Delhi Gate, ITO, Tilak Bridge, Mandi House, IP flyover crossing, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, Tilak Marg, Mathura Road, Darya Ganj, Netaji Subhash Marg, Kashmere Gate, Asad Ali Road, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg and Shanti Van marg due to India -Bangladesh T 2O cricket match at Arun Jaitley stadium, till late on Wednesday night. In its advisory, the traffic police had asked commuters to avoid the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg from Delhi Gate to ITO Chowk and JLN Marg from Rajghat to Delhi Gate from 5 PM to 11:30 PM IST.