SAD protest leads to traffic congestion at Delhi-Gurugram border
A multi-layer barricading was placed at the border and a heavy police force, including the CRPF and RPF, were deployed in the vicinity to check any untoward incident.
A multi-layer barricading was placed at the border and a heavy police force, including the CRPF and RPF, were deployed in the vicinity to check any untoward incident.
Commuters entering Delhi were stuck in the jam. Delhi police on Saturday put up barricades on the border and only two lanes were open for the traffic entering the national capital.
This came after a petitioner, a Gurugram resident, challenged the sealing of borders with Delhi by the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments pointing out that it caused great confusion and difficulties for people who want to visit Delhi for urgent needs including meeting ailing relatives.
According to a report by the Gautam Budh Nagar district health department, the 'source of infection in 42 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in the last 20 days has been tracked to Delhi'.
Gurugram administration has put extra barricades at Delhi-Gurugram-Sarhaul border located on NH8, Chakkarpur border on Mehrauli-Gurugram (MG) road, old Delhi road at Kapashera and other stretches connected to Delhi.
Gurugram administration is taking extra precautions after the district gained the status of 'orange zone'.
