Delhi Traffic Alert: Several metro stations have been shut in Delhi today in the wake of massive protests over the amended Citizenship Bill. Authorities have discontinued entry and exit at various metro stations today. Delhi Traffic Police have also issued an advisory over the routes to be avoided in Delhi-NCR today.
The newly amended law seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Parsi communities who came to the country from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.
In fresh violence in the national capital, protesters demanding scrapping of the amended citizenship law torched several motor bikes, pelted stones at police personnel and damaged buses and a police booth in Northeast Delhi's Seelampur area on Tuesday afternoon.
Delhi-NCR is hit hard due to ongoing protests in the national capital region against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Some roads are witnessing heavy traffic due to other reasons as well.
The odd-even scheme, an anti-pollution measure, kicked in on November 4 in the national capital. Under the scheme, vehicles are supposed to ply alternately on odd and even dates as per their registration numbers between 8 am and 8 pm.
With the launch of e-challan and e-payment system Friday, traffic violators can now pay fine online from anywhere, police said.
The Delhi Traffic Police has made elaborate traffic arrangements for parking of vehicles, pedestrians' movement and safety of the visitors in and around the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground here which hosts an IPL T-20 cricket match on Thursday, officials said.
The DND has eight lanes for both incoming and outgoing traffic, out of which three of the Delhi-Noida lanes are being used by commuters travelling to Greater Noida via the DND loop in a U-turn.
People are requested to plan their journey in advance accordingly and avoid the route of the Parade from 9 am to 12.30 pm.
In five different notices issued to the Delhi Traffic Police, Delhi Development Authority, Muncipal Corporation Gurgaon, East Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation, CPCB chairperson S P S Parihar said it is the responsibility of concerned public agencies to take measures to mitigate air pollution issues in a time bound manner.
Green corridor refers to a special road route that enables harvested organs meant for transplants or patients to reach hospitals.
The Delhi traffic police have also prepared a route diversion plan, to ensure smooth movement for the Kanwar Yatris and for the daily commuters.
Around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, a couple of messages were posted from the Twitter handle of the traffic police. One of the messages read: "Message me at Twitter.com/justinformentin if you'd like to know how to fix this! (sic)."
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