Delhi News Live Updates Today: The Delhi Metro has decided to start its services from all stations except the Supreme Court metro station from 4 am till the conclusion of the Summit on September 10.
Delhi G20 Summit Live Updates (September 7): With world leaders arriving in the national capital today ahead of the G20 Summit, stringent traffic regulations have come into force since early Friday. The New Delhi district has been designated as Controlled Zone-I till Sunday 11.59 pm because of the two-day Summit. Leaders set to arrive later in the day include US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, and Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud among others.
What’s the best way to commute today? In view of the numerous restrictions in place, the Delhi Police has advised people to use metro services, especially passengers heading towards the New Delhi Railway Station or IGI Airport. The most affected routes will be from IGI Airport to South Delhi and New Delhi. The Delhi Metro has decided to start its services from 4 am from terminal stations on all lines of the network from September 8 to 10 following a request from Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora. Police have advised people to use the navigation app ‘mapmyindia’ to get around the city till the restrictions are in place, PTI reported.
What are the restrictions in Delhi for the Summit? The New Delhi area, which houses the G20 Summit venue and hotels where delegates will be staying, will be put under a tight security ring from Friday morning and there will a slew of traffic restrictions in place. Police said no vehicular movement will be allowed on NH-28 and NH-48 towards the Dhaula Kuan area. While schools have been asked to shut, offices have been advised to allow employees to work from home.
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The Brown Bread Bakery is used to taking orders from the German, Italian and Swiss embassies and their guests in New Delhi, apart from several hotels and cafes, but it is perhaps for the first time since it was set up in 2010 that it has witnessed such hectic activity.
Amid the ongoing “credit war” between AAP and BJP over work done in the national capital for the G20 Summit, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena came together to flag off 400 new electric buses from the IP Depot Tuesday.
With this, the count of e-buses in Delhi has gone up to 800 and the strength of the fleet to 7,135. Speaking after the inauguration, Kejriwal said Delhi has now become the city with the most number of electric buses on its streets. He said by the end of 2023, the city will have 1,900 electric buses.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s absence from the event to US President Joe Biden’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and from a visit to a millet farm to a traditional welcome and lunch at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) for spouses of G20 leaders, the national capital is gearing up for the summit.
The Delhi government has ordered all government offices and educational bodies in the city to remain closed, with the Delhi Police continuing to ramp up security and imposing major traffic restrictions.
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First published on: 08-09-2023 at 07:55 IST
