Traffic affected as Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi

Traffic was affected in parts of Delhi on Saturday as the Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party leader Rahul Gandhi entered the cityVehicular movement was affected in southeast Delhi in the morning as the yatris marched into the city and later on in the vicinity of India Gate as they resumed their walk in the afternoon after a breakThe traffic police had issued an advisory on Friday cautioning commuters about the routes that were likely to be affected by the yatraThe yatra made its morning halt in the national capital at Ashram chowk at 11 am and later resumed at 1 PMThe yatra is heading towards the Red Fort via the Mathura road India Gate and ITOPolice have put up sign boards requesting the yatris to march on the left side of the road Cars and other vehicles were seen moving at a slow pace due the congestion during the morning phase of the yatraAlso read BJP should stop trying nothing can stall Bharat Jodo Yatra Congress as march enters DelhiA large number of people eager to catch a glimpse of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thronged the roads tries to occupy pavements dividers and wherever they got spaceWe reached Nizamuddin area in oneandahalf hours from Ashram There is so much traffic said Hemant an autorickshaw driver who was ferrying passengers to drop them at the New Delhi railway station The distance takes roughly about 25 minutesAnother commuter Amit might miss his train to Ahmedabad You want to take out yatra do it but think of the traffic and the problems people face he saidOn reaching near Nizamuddin dargah many passengers were seen carrying their luggage and walkingOne of the commuters Suman said no auto is ready to come on this routeWhat we get to hear from auto rickshaw drivers is that since Bharat Jodo yatra is going on there is traffic jam so they dont wish to go through that route and so we have not been getting any vehicle he saidRajkumar who left home to drop his sister to her work got stuck and she got late for office We took almost two hours to reach Jungpura from Badarpur due to this yatra There is no proper traffic management he saidSupriya was out to visit the dargah but decided to go back upon seeing the traffic and the crowdIt is like madness here No management why is traffic allowed on the road where people are walking she questionedThe traffic advisory had said the yatra will reach Jai Dev Ashram near Ashram Chowk around 1030 am and will end at the Red Fort around 430 pmA large number of pedestrians and vehicles are expected to join the yatra at various points along the route it had saidThe Yatra which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 has covered nine states so far and is scheduled to culminate in Jammu and Kashmir by the end of JanuaryThe Yatra is on its 108th day and has covered around 3000 kms in 46 districts across nine states of Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Telengana Andra Pradesh Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan and HaryanaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever