Agencies
New Delhi, Dec 31: The Delhi Police ramped up vehicle checking across the city on the New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, setting barricades and imposing restrictions of traffic movement, particularly in and around Connaught Place.
All the roads leading to Connaught Place, including KG Marg, Parliament Street Barakhamba Road and Janpath, are closed for traffic and the police is directing commuters to take alternative routes.
As a result, heavy traffic was witnessed in the central Delhi area.
Besides central Delhi, the vehicles are being checked intensively at key locations of the city, including south Delhi’s Hauz Khas and Saket, east Delhi’s Vikas Marg, west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden, to prevent any untoward incident, a senior police officer said.
The personnel are also using breath analyser and checking the motorists whether they are driving under the influence of alcohol near Connaught Place and other areas. The sensitive areas are being checked through foot patrolling. The police are also using bikes for the narrow lanes at several locations, they said.
Apart from this, the drones have also been pressed into the job for maintaining law and order situation in the city, police said. The officer further said that their focus is on the motorists who are not following the traffic rules.
“We have deployed around 50 teams with alcometers at key locations and they are monitoring and prosecuting any instances of drunk driving. The picket staff at different places have also been provided the alcometers so that they can also prosecute the violators,” the officer said.
Around 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the city to maintain law and order. They are also checking at the bordering areas of the city, another officer said. The officer further said that the traffic personnel have also been be deployed in significant numbers throughout the city, specially at the popular celebration hotspots like Connaught Place, Hauz Khas and India Gate. According to the police, the crowd has gathered at various areas, including the Connaught Place where special arrangements have been made.
Connaught Place is in the central part of the city and people from all across the national capital as well as neighbouring states also come here every year to celebrate the New Year, police said. |
