Bharat Jodo Yatra: On Saturday, as the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by party leader Rahul Gandhi, entered the city, traffic was impacted in some areas of Delhi.
During the yatris’ entrance into the city in the morning and their return to their walk in the late afternoon at India Gate, there were disruptions to vehicular traffic in southeast Delhi.
Traffic Police’s warning to commuters
On Friday, the traffic police had issued a warning to commuters about the routes that might be impacted by the yatra.
At Ashram Chowk in the nation’s capital, the yatra stopped in the morning at 11 am, and it started again at 1 pm.
The Mathura Road, India Gate, and ITO are all stops along the yatra’s route to the Red Fort.
The yatris are asked to march on the left side of the road, according to notice boards placed up by the police. Due to the traffic during the yatra’s morning phase, cars and other vehicles were seen moving slowly.
A big crowd crowded the streets, trying to take up barriers, pavements, and any other available area in order to get a glimpse of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Commuters describe the troubles faced in travelling
“We reached Nizamuddin area in one-and-a-half hours from Ashram. There is so much traffic,” Hemant, an autorickshaw driver who was transporting people to the New Delhi train station, said. It takes around 25 minutes to travel the distance.
Amit, a different commuter, could miss his train to Ahmedabad. If you want to remove Yatra, go ahead, but keep in mind the traffic and the difficulties that people would suffer, he advised.
When they arrived close to Nizamuddin Dargah, several travellers were observed walking with their luggage.
Suman, one of the commuters, claimed that no vehicle is prepared to travel this route.
“What we hear from auto rickshaw drivers is that there is traffic jam because Bharat Jodo yatra is going on, therefore they don’t want to go along that road,” he added. “So we haven’t been getting any vehicle.”
Rajkumar was stranded after leaving the house to drop off his sister at work, causing her to be late for work. He said, “We took almost two hours to reach Jungpura from Badarpur due to this yatra. There is no proper traffic management.”
Supriya had gone to the dargah but changed her mind when she saw the traffic and crowds.
“This place resembles crazy. Why is traffic permitted on a street where people are strolling, if there is no management? “She inquired.
According to the traffic advice, the yatra will begin from the Red Fort at around 4.30 pm and would terminate at Jai Dev Ashram, which is close to Ashram Chowk, around 10.30 am.
It had stated that a sizable number of vehicles and pedestrians are anticipated to join the yatra at various locations along the route.
The Yatra, which began on September 7 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, has so far travelled through nine states and is expected to end in Jammu and Kashmir by the end of January.
On its 108th day, the Yatra has travelled through 46 districts in nine states—Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana—and covered around 3,000 kilometres.
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