Dedicated lanes for Commonwealth Games extended

Dedicated lanes for Commonwealth Games in the national capital will now be extended to Major Dhayan Chand Hockey Stadium and Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from the Games Village. To facilitate Commonwealth Games-related traffic, Delhi Traffic Police has been maintaining dedicated Games Lane from Games Village to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Games Family hotels from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm since September 26.

"Now this has been extended to Major Dhayan Chand Hockey Stadium and Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from Games Village. For other competition and training Venues, Traffic Police has been facilitating the movement of athletes and officials," a senior police official said today.

A notification relating to the movement of all categories of goods vehicles during Commonwealth Games which will be effective from September 30 to October 15 has also been issued by the Transport Department.

The notification prohibits the entry, plying and idle parking of heavy, medium and light goods vehicles on certain roads during specified timings.

According to the notification, there will be day time restriction on the entry, plying and idle parking of goods vehicles from 6.00 am to 10.00 pm on 84 roads including NH-8, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, Aurobindo Marg, Nelson Mandela Marg, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, Thamaiya Marg, Shankar Road, DBG Road and Rani Jhansi Road.

There will be peak hour restrictions on entry, plying and idle parking and 24-hour restriction on certain roads.

2nd trial for CWG lanes conducted

Delhi Police conducted second round of trials on lanes reserved for Commonwealth Games on Sunday on two stretches. The rehearsals for lane reservations for the Games was conducted on NH-24 Nizamuddin Khatta T Point upto Noida More and from IP College traffic signal and taking Ring Road to Chhatra Marg.

Vehicular movement on the exclusive lane on these stretches were not allowed during the trial that started at 11 AM.

On Saturday, the city police had conducted trials on Dhaula Kuan-SP Marg-Pancheel Marg- upto Hotel Samrat and on Vinay Marg-Panchsheel Marg T-point to Africa Avenue Outer Ring Road Under Flyover.

Saturday's trial had created traffic snarls.

However, the situation was not that bad on Sunday as it was a Sunday and vehicular traffic was not that heavy.

Deliberate straying into lanes exclusively marked for Commonwealth Games vehicles on capital's roads will attract a fine of Rs 2,000.

A notification to invoke the fine or impound vehicles of those entering the Games lane will be issued in a day or two by the Lt Governor's office and is likely to come into effect on September 20.

Those found "deliberately violating" the rule will be penalised. However, if someone accidentally strays into the lane, he may be spared.