New Delhi Sep 27 PTI Parts of the national capital witnessed traffic snarls on Monday morning as police closed some key roads to prevent any untoward incident during the Bharat Bandh called by farm unions against the Centres three farm lawsCommuters faced difficulties in crossing the borders especially the Delhi-Gurgaon borderA senior police officer from the southwest district said the traffic was heavy in the morning as local police had put up barricades The situation is returning to normalTraffic movement on the Delhi-Noida Direct DND flyway was also affected The Ghazipur border is closed for vehicular movement and vehicles are being diverted to the DND and the Apsara border for Noida and Ghaziabad respectivelyThere was chaos on one carriageway of the national highway coming from the Ghazipur border to Sarai Kale Khan near the Akshardham MandirKiran 32 who works at the Maulana Azad Medical College said that it took her two hours to reach office from Adarsh NagarI live in Adarsh Nagar and left my house around 7 am There was heavy traffic in Azadpur Kashmiri Gate and Daryaganj I reached my office around 9 am Generally it takes around an hour she saidThe Delhi Police has increased security checks at its border points which led to the slowing down of traffic and it informed commuters about road closures and traffic snarls on TwitterAccording to the police roads around the historic Red Fort as well as the dual carriageway at the Ghazipur border were closed for trafficTraffic movement is closed on Red Fort on both the carriageways Chhatta Rail and Subhash Marg are closed from both sides Traffic movement is closed on Dhansa Border Both Carriageways sic it tweetedDue to blocking of National Highway 24 and 9 by protesters commuters coming from Sarai Kale Khan can take alternate route for Ghaziabad ie Vikas Marg for Ghaziabad and for Noida via DND the traffic police said on TwitterThe Ghazipur border is closed for traffic from both sides due to farmers protests Commuters wishing to commute to and fro between UP and Delhi may use DND flyway Vikas Marg Signature bridge and Wazirabad road Traffic on NH 24 and 9 is being diverted towards Maharajpur Apsara and Bhopura borders it tweetedAccording to the police traffic movement is heavy on the Kalindi Kunj flyover and near the metro station in the area while it is moving slowly on the DND flyway Traffic is also heavy at the Rajokri toll plaza as the local police have set up a checkpoint for vehiclesSunil Yadav an advocate said There was heavy traffic at Shastri Park and the Kashmiri Gate area The stretch requires only five to ten minutes but due to the traffic the vehicles were crawling and I reached Tis Hazari court one hour late The Delhi Police has beefed up security in border areas of the national capitalThe Samyukta Kisan Morcha an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers agitation had earlier appealed to the people to join the bandhA senior police officer said adequate security arrangements have been made to maintain law and order and prevent any untoward incident in the national capital during the bandhPatrolling has been intensified extra personnel have been deployed at the pickets especially across the border areas and every vehicle entering the national capital is being thoroughly checked according to the policeNo protester is being allowed to enter Delhi from the three protest sites at the citys borders the official said PTI NIT IJT

New Delhi Sep 27 PTI Parts of the national capital witnessed traffic snarls on Monday morning as police closed some key roads to prevent any untoward incident during the Bharat Bandh called by farm unions against the Centres three farm lawsThe Delhi Police has increased security checks at its border points which led to the slowing down of traffic and it informed commuters about road closures and traffic snarls on TwitterAccording to police roads around the historic Red Fort as well as the dual carriageway at Ghazipur border were closed for trafficTraffic movement is closed on Red Fort on both the carriageways Chhatta Rail and Subhash Marg are closed from both sides Traffic movement is closed on Dhansa Border Both Carriageways sic it tweetedDue to blocking of National Highway 24 and 9 by protesters commuters coming from Sarai Kale Khan can take alternate route for Ghaziabad ie Vikas Marg for Ghaziabad and for Noida via DND the traffic police said on TwitterThe Ghazipur border is closed for traffic from both sides due to farmers protests Commuters wishing to commute to and fro between UP and Delhi may use DND flyway Vikas Marg Signature bridge and Wazirabad road Traffic on NH 24 and 9 is being diverted towards Maharajpur Apsara and Bhopura borders it tweetedAccording to police the traffic is heavy at the Kalindi Kunj flyover and Kalindi Kunj metro station while it is moving slowly on DND flyway The traffic is also heavy at Rajokri toll plaza as the local police have set up a checkpoint for vehiclesThe Delhi Police has beefed up security in border areas of the national capitalSamyukta Kisan Morcha the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers agitation had earlier appealed to the people to join the bandhA senior police officer said adequate security arrangements have been made to maintain the law an order situation and prevent any untoward incident in the national capital during the bandhPatrolling has been intensified extra personnel have been deployed at the pickets especially across the border areas and every vehicle entering the national capital is being thoroughly checked according to the policeNo protester is being allowed to enter Delhi from the three protest sites at the citys borders the official said PTI NIT RHL