US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese among others G20 The leader will reach India on Thursday, a day before the program to be held on 9 and 10 September. Delhi Police has imposed some additional restrictions in the national capital in view of the VIP movement starting from Friday along with the arrival of the delegates. However, the police clarified that it is not like a lockdown that the people of Delhi will not be allowed to come out on the streets at all. Some area-specific restrictions have been imposed and barring them life will be normal.
What’s open, what’s closed in New Delhi?
1. Schools, colleges and all offices will remain closed. All business establishments will remain closed in New Delhi. That means restaurants, malls etc. will remain closed. Tourist places, hotels will remain closed.
2. All business activities will be banned in New Delhi Municipal Corporation area from Friday to Sunday. The G20 event will be held at Pragati Maidan. Therefore, activities will be restricted in and around that area.
3. What is open: Medical shops, grocery shops, milk booths, vegetable/fruit shops will remain open in NDMC area and Delhi. ATMs will also remain operational.
4. Transport: Commercial vehicles and buses will be allowed to ply on the road network towards the Ring Road and Delhi borders beyond the Ring Road.
5. No taxi will be available in New Delhi district from 5 am on Saturday. Tourists with valid bookings will be allowed in hotels and cars carrying genuine residents will also not be stopped.
6. Metro Service: Only Supreme Court Metro station on the Blue Line will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday. Metro services will start at 4 am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
7. There will be no online food delivery in NDMC zone. There will be no online delivery of other items also, hence no Swiggy, Zomato, Flipkart or Amazon in NDMC area. Medicines will be delivered.
8. Passengers not allowed to board or disembark at Supreme Court Metro station on September 10
Passengers will not be allowed to board or disembark at the Supreme Court Metro station on September 9 and 10 in view of the G20 summit. In view of the G20 summit, Metro services will start from 4 am on all lines of the Delhi Metro network from terminal stations on September 8-10. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said late night that all metro stations except the Supreme Court metro station will be open for the general public from September 8 to 10. Due to security reasons, passengers will not be allowed to board or deboard at the Supreme Court Metro station on September 9 and 10.
9. Police have also urged people not to visit India Gate and duty path for activities like walking, cycling and picnic in view of the G20 summit.
10. From 5 am on September 8 to 11.59 pm on September 10, the entire area of New Delhi will be considered as “Controlled Area-I”. The traffic police has notified the entire area within the Ring Road (Mahatma Gandhi Marg) as a regulated area from 5 am on September 8 to 11.59 pm on September 10.