As lockdown has further relaxed on Monday (June 8, today) as religious places, restaurants, malls, hotels reopened, Mumbai witnessed heavy traffic on roads. Thousands of vehicles were witnessed on Mumbai's Western Expressway as relaxed lockdown norms were implemented across the country.
A day after situation in the national capital got tense due to shooting outside the Jamia Milia Islamia campus, traffic movements across the capital have been affected. As per reports, protests have broken out at several areas because of which the police have had to close certain routes causing inconvinience to the general public.
Delhi Traffic Advisory for Republic Day: In order to facilitate the smooth passage of the Parade, movement of traffic on certain roads leading of the Parade will be restricted as under-
Commuters had a harrowing time on Friday due to traffic snarls in the national capital. Traffic was affected in Lutyens' Delhi due to Republic Day Parade rehearsals. The situation is likely to remain the same from 8 AM to 12 noon till January 26.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was reopened for vehicular traffic on Thursday evening after remaining closed for four days following multiple landslides, officials said.
For over two weeks now, the Kalindi Kunj stretch connecting Delhi and Noida has been shut down forcing commuters to use alternative routes including DND and Ashram and facing heavy traffic jams.
Traffic will be affected in Central Delhi on Sunday due to a major rally at the Ramlila Ground, police said on Friday. In an advisory, police said parking for cars will be inside and behind the Civic Centre.
FASTag at toll plazas: Traffic at toll plaza will soon be a thing of the fast as National Highways across the country will be bringing in FasTags for four wheelers. NHAI has made it clear that FasTags will be operational by December 1. To get FasTag, you can follow the below mentioned websites and places.
Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory asking commuters to avoid certain roads on Monday which fall on the route of 'Nagar Kirtan' procession as part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, officials said.
The country's domestic available passenger capacity -- measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs) -- contracted by (-) 0.4 per cent in September.
A traffic sub-inspector has been placed under suspension for allegedly sending obscene pictures and videos to women on their mobile phones the numbers of which he had collected while checking vehicles, police said on Thursday.
Traffic will be affected near the India Gate on Thursday as the 'Run for Unity' will be flagged off from the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, officials said.
Breaking the traffic rules can now be extremely hard on your pocket. A citizen of Geeta Colony, Delhi got challaned for Rs 23,000 for traffic rule violations in Gurugram.
Gurugram Police issued the man, identified as Dinesh Madan, a challan on Monday for not carrying the documents including his driving licence, registration certificate of the motorcycle and the pollution certificate.
Residents of New Delhi will have to be careful while driving as they will face heavy penalties if they break traffic rules. Changes in Motor Vehicle Act are coming into effect at 12 am on September 1. The financial penalties have been made heftier in the Motor Vehicle Act. The changes have been made across the board.
A homeguard jawan was driven for about 200 metres on the bonnet of an SUV, belonging to a BJP leader, after he tried to stop the vehicle as it was plying on the wrong side of the road here, witnesses said.
Sandeep Shahi, who lost his wife Pink Rani in an accident, appeals citizens to wear helmets and seatbelts while travelling and to follow all traffic rules. He has decided to inform other citizens about traffic rules and benefits of road safety.
Mumbai rains: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Monday evening, giving Mumbaikars their first pre monsoon spell. It is likely to continue for another two to three days, according to SkyMet. These showers come as a huge respite to Mumbai as it was reeling under hot and humid conditions.
Asaduddin Owaisi is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
"It was decided that only stranded civilian vehicles will be allowed on the highway this Sunday in view of the road blockade over the past couple of days. There will be no movement of security convoys from either Srinagar or Jammu," a traffic department official said.
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