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Red Fort I-Day rehearsal: traffic curbs from 4 am
Delhi Traffic Police will close roads around the Red Fort from 4 am to 10 am on August 13 for the Independence Day full-dress rehearsal. Vehicles without rehearsal labels must avoid key…
The Story in Brief
Delhi Traffic Police will close roads around the Red Fort from 4 am to 10 am on August 13 for the Independence Day full-dress rehearsal. Vehicles without rehearsal labels must avoid key stretches including C-Hexagon India Gate and Ring Road between Nizamuddin Khatta and ISBT Kashmiri Gate. The DMRC has urged commuters to use the metro as an alternative. Interstate buses and goods vehicles face restrictions from midnight. Earlier, in May, nearly one lakh people attended a Janjati Saanskritik Samagam at the Red Fort, leading to similar traffic diversions and processions across central and north Delhi.
The Indian Opinion
The usual complaints about 'last-minute chaos' ignore that the Delhi Police issued the advisory two days prior and listed multiple alternative routes. The real test is not how many diversions are announced but whether the metro can absorb the load and if commercial vehicles obey the overnight ban. Will the Ring Road glide by 11 am, or will the back-up spill into the afternoon? The August 13 drill will answer that.
Sources (3): millenniumpost.in, hindustantimes.com, livemint.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
