New Delhi: Traffic may be regulated in parts of New Delhi from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on October 31 for a Tree Plantation Historic Vehicles Drive organised by the Heritage Motoring Club of India (HMCI). The event marks National Unity Day and the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. About 25 vintage and classic cars and 15 motorcycles or scooters are expected to take part.
The drive will start from the President’s Body Guard and pass through Talkatora Stadium, RML Chowk, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj, NITI Aayog, Chelmsford Club, Hotel Le Meridien, Janpath Road, Motilal Nehru Place roundabout, Motilal Nehru Marg and Shahjahan Road, ending at 12/1 Jam Nagar House on Shahjahan Road.
Delhi Traffic Police says traffic along the route may be regulated, if required, at these 13 junctions:
- Akbar Road / Man Singh Road
- Shahjahan Road / C-Hexagon
- 11 Murti Red Light
- R/A JSR
- K.G. Marg / Firoz Shah Road Crossing
- Janpath / Tolstoy Marg Crossing
- R/A RML
- R/A GRG
- R/A Rail Bhawan
- R/A Boat Club Crossing
- R/A Sunehri Masjid
- Vijay Chowk
- Patel Chowk
The participating vehicles will move with the normal flow of traffic. Traffic personnel will be deployed at important intersections and regulate movement according to prevailing conditions. Emergency vehicles will have uninterrupted passage.
Commuters have been asked to plan their journeys in advance, follow instructions from traffic personnel and cooperate with the police to help maintain smooth traffic movement.
