Ahead of Republic Day, the Delhi traffic police has issued an advisory to make easy the smooth conduct of rehearsals of the parade.
As per the advisory, no traffic will be allowed on Vijay Chowk from 6 pm on January 22 till parade is over on January 23. The Delhi Traffic Police on issued an advisory on the arrangements and restrictions in place for smooth conduct of Full Dress Rehearsal on January 23 for the Republic Day parade. The parade rehearsal will start at 9.50 am on Saturday from Vijay Chowk and will proceed to the National Stadium, they said.
Further, no cross traffic will be allowed on Rajpath intersections from 11-pm on January 22 at Rafi Marg, Janpath, Man Singh Road till parade is over. 'C'-Hexagon-India Gate will also be shut for traffic from 9:15 am on January 23 till the entire parade and tableaux enter National Stadium.
It is informed that, though there will be no restriction for people from north Delhi going towards the New Delhi Railway Station or the Old Delhi Railway Station yet it is advised that they plan their journey in advance and take sufficient extra time to reach their destination to avoid possible delay, according to the advisory.
The route of the Republic Day parade will be held at Vijay Chowk-Rajpath-Amar Jawan Jyoti-India Gate-R/A Princess Palace-T/L Tilak Marg Radial Roa-Turn right on 'C'-Hexagon-Turn left to enter National Stadium from Gate No.1.
Manish Agarwal, Joint Commissioner of Police informed that "On 23 January, the Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhavan metro station will be closed for boarding and deboarding from 5 am to 12 noon".
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