Chhat, VVIP movement, JNU students' protest hit Delhi traffic

Vehicular movement today remained affected in parts of the national capital, first in the morning owing to Chhat Puja and later in the evening in the wake of the VVIP movement and a protest by JNU students.
"Due to the visits of British Prime Minister Theresa May and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to Delhi, many roads were closed due to VVIP movement. This might have led to traffic chaos," said a senior traffic police officer.
In the evening, JNU students protested outside police headquarters over the missing JNU student. The demonstration affected traffic movement at ITO in central Delhi and other stretches like Mathura Road, India Gate, he added.

Sources said almost one-and-a-half lane on the road in front of the police headqaurters at ITO was packed with PCR vans from 1 PM, affecting the traffic movement on the busy stretch.
Police had been deployed much before the JNU students arrived for the protest, with their PCR vans and barricades clogging the road from ITO metro station to PHQ, the sources added.
Earlier in the morning, motorists had a harrowing time as roads of several parts of city witnessed huge traffic jams with devotees flocking the Yamuna ghats for early morning Chathh Puja.

Among the roads which were affected were Vikas Marg, ITO, Kalindi Kunj, Kashmiri Gate, Wazirabad, Mayur Vihar, Ajmeri Gate were clogged with vehicular traffic.

Early morning commuters heading to offices were stuck in heavy traffic jams on first working day of the week on the affected roads.
The Vikas Marg was jam-packed with vehicles from Laxmi Nagar to ITO as devotees started returning back from Chathh Ghats after sunrise.
Traffic was heavy at Kalindi Kunj towards Faridabad (both carriageways) due to Chhath Puja that ended today. Traffic movement was also slowed down from Chandgi Ram Akhara towards ISBT, Delhi Traffic Police officials said.