VIP movement, Chhath stall traffic for second day

Commuters had to face a tough time as traffic crawled on city roads due to VIP movement and a protest by JNU students on Monday evening. Traffic movement was affected in Central Delhi mainly due to the VVIP movements.

“Due to the visits of British Prime Minister Theresa May and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to Delhi, many roads were closed for VVIP movement. This might have led to a traffic chaos,” said a said a senior traffic police officer.

In the evening, JNU students protested outside the police headquarters over the missing JNU student. This affected traffic movement at ITO and other stretches like Mathura Road and India Gate. Later, they handed over a memorandum to the joint commissioner of police, he added.

Earlier on Monday morning , motorists had a harrowing time as roads of several parts of city witnessed huge traffic with devotees flocking to Yamuna Ghats for early morning Chhath Puja. Vikas Marg, ITO, Kalindi Kunj, Kashmiri Gate, Wazirabad, Mayur Vihar, Ajmeri Gate were clogged with vehicular traffic. Early morning commuters heading to offices were stuck in heavy traffic on the first working day of the week on affected roads.

Vikas Marg was jam-packed with vehicles from Laxmi Nagar to ITO as devotees started returning back from Chhath Ghats after sunrise.

Traffic was also heavy at Kalindi Kunj towards Faridabad (both carriageways) due to Chhath Puja rush.