DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE TRAFFIC ADVISORY DATE: 29.11.2015

On Nov 25, 2015

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon is being organized on 29.11.2015 (Sunday). The assembly of the participants shall be at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. All the runs shall be flagged off from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and will finish at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. There are 8 categories of runs:

Sl.No	Type of Run	Total Distance	Starting Time
	Elite men	21.097 Kms.	06:40 hrs.
	Elite Women	21.097 Kms.	06:50 hrs.
	EDRP	10 Kms.	06:54 hrs.
	DHL Corporate Champions	21.097 Kms.	06:55 hrs.
	Amateur half Marathon	21.097 Kms.	07:10 hrs.
	Champions with Disabilities	04 Kms.	07:35 hrs.
7.	Senior Citizens Run	04 Kms.	08:00 hrs.
8.	Great Delhi Run	06 Kms.	09:35 hrs.

ROUTE

Half Marathon

Start inside Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium complex –T/R Bhishma Pitamah Marg – T/L Lodi Road, U-Turn from II Avenue Road – Go Straight on Lodhi Road – T/L Mathura Road – Go straight on Mathura Road – T/L Subramania Bharti Marg –T/R Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg – Go inside India Gate Hexagon – T/L towards India Gate –Go straight towards Rajpath – T/R Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg – -T/L on Red Cross Road – T/R towards Parliament Street – Go straight on Sansad Marg – Take U turn after crossing Jantar Mantar – Move straight on Parliament Street – Natural left turn towards Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg – Go straight towards Rajpath – T/L on Rajpath – T/L on Janpath – Go towards R/A Windsor Palace (Hotel Le Meridian) – take U turn on Janpath near Hotal Le Meridian–Move straight towards Rajpath- T/L on Rajpath – Go straight towards India Gate Hexagon – Go from left hand side of India Gate towards R/A – Go around the R/A and T/L towards Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg – T/L Subramania Bharti Marg –T/R Mathura Road – Go from left hand side of Jungpura flyover towards Lodhi Road under the flyover – T/L Bhishma Pitamah Marg – T/L and enter Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium – finish outside the main stadium complex.

EDRP

Start from Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium- the participants will peel off from the race after covering the distance of 03 Kms, 05 Kms & 10 Kms on the above mentioned route.

Champions With Disability

Start inside Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium complex –T/R Bhishma Pitamah Marg – T/L Lodi Road, U-Turn from II Avenue Road – move straight and turn right on Bhisham Pitamah Marg – T/L towards JLN stadium – T/R and finish at Gate No.2 of JLN Stadium.

Senior Citizens Run

Great Delhi Run

Start inside Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium complex – T/R on Bhishma Pitamah Marg, – T/L – Lodhi Road – U turn from Second Avenue Road – Lodhi Road – U turn before Jungpura flyover – Lodhi Road – Dayal Singh College -T/L -Bhishma Pitamah Marg – T/L inside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium premises – finish outside the main SAI office.

ENTRY TO JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU STADIUM

Entry for all to the stadium is through Gate 14 & Gate No.8

All invitees, participants and spectators intending to go to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium shall reach before 5.30 am. Restrictions on general traffic shall be imposed after 6.00 am.

PARKING PLAN

There is parking available for the event for which different labels have been given by the organizers. All categories of invitees must follow the route for parking as per their categorization. Detail of labels of parking is as under-

Sl. No.	Label	Color of Parking Label	Parking Area
1.	VIP Car parking (Entry from Gate No. 05)	Brown	Near Warm Up Area
2.	Invitee Car Parking, (Entry from Gate No. 05)	Purple	After entering Gate No. 05
3.	Champions with disability Bus/Car parking, (Entry from Gate No. 05)	Light Blue	After entering Gate No. 05
4.	Senior Citizen Bus/Car Parking, (Entry from Gate No. 05)	Yellow	After entering Gate No. 05
5.	India Habitat Centre Car parking	Navy Blue	India Habitat Centre
6.	Scope Complex Car Parking	Sky Blue	Scope Complex Ground
7.	Barapullah Bus Depot Car Parking	Magenta	Barapullah Bus Depot
8.	Sunehri Pullah Bus Depot Car Parking	Blue	Sunehri Pullah Bus Depot
9.	Dayal Singh College Car Parking	Red	Dayal Singh College

However Participants without car parking label can park their vehicles at service lane Lodhi Road & service lane Jor Bagh Road.

RESTRICIONS ON ROADS

Motorists are advised for their own convenience to avoid the following roads:

Bhisham Pitahmah Marg	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg
Lodi Road	Red Cross Road
Mathura Road	Parliament Street
Subramania Bharti Marg	Ashoka Road
Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg	Lala Lajpat Rai Marg
C-Hexagon India Gate	Janpath
Rajpath	Windsor Place

TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS

1.	Madarsa T Point	No traffic will be allowed on Lodhi Road. All traffic will be diverted to Aurobindo Marg towards Barapullah flyover or further.
2.	Lodhi Road – Max Muller Crossing & Maxmuller – Rajesh Pilot Marg.	· No traffic will allowed from this point towards Lodhi Road. · No traffic will be allowed towards Bhisham Pitamah Marg. & Arch Bishop Marg.
3.	Aurobindo Chowk (In case of need)	Traffic from Safdarjung Road to be diverted on Tuglak Road & vice versa
4.	R/A Lodhi Garden – Amrita Sher Gill Marg	No traffic on Rajesh Pilot Marg from Lodhi Garden side.
5.	R/A Claridges Hotel	No traffic towards Rajesh Pilot Marg – Prithvi Raj Road.
6.	Subramania Bharti – Max Muller Marg	Buses coming on Max Muller Marg to be diverted on SBM towards Khan Market. -No Traffic towards Lodhi Road
7.	‘Q’ Point	No traffic towards Shahjahan Road and C-Hexagon and Humayun Road.
8.	Moti Lal Nehru Marg	-No traffic on MLN Marg towards Q Point -No traffic on Akbar road towards C-Hexagon
9.	Maulana Azad – Janpath Crossing	· Traffic coming on Janpath from MLNP to be diverted towards Sunehri Masjid. · Traffic coming from Sunehri Masjid on Maulana Azad Road to be diverted on Janpath towards MLNP
10.	C-Hexagon- Rajpath	No traffic towards Rajpath.
11.	Rafi Marg – Rajpath Crossing.	No traffic on Rajpath towards India Gate.
12.	C-Hexagon – Akbar Road	No traffic towards Akbar Road
13.	Subramanium Bharti Marg – Pandara Road	No traffic towards SBM. Marg – Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg crossing.
14.	R/A Jaswant Singh	· No traffic towards Rajpath · No traffic on Rajindra Prasad road towards Janpath – R.P. Road crossing. · No traffic on Ashoka Road towards Windsor Place should take M. Rao Scindia Marg
15.	C-Hexagon- Ashoka Road	No traffic on Ashoka Road
16.	R/A Krishi Bhawan	No traffic on Raisina Road towards Windsor Place.
17.	R/A Buta Singh	No traffic on Ashoka Road towards Windsor Place
18.	Janpath – Tolstoy Marg	No traffic on Janpath towards Windsor Place.
19.	K.G. Marg – Firoz Shah Marg	No traffic on Firoz Shah Road towards Windsor Place
20.	Mathura Road. – Shershah Road.	No Traffic towards Mathura Road. – Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg
21.	Neola Gumbaj – Mathura Road.	No Traffic towards Lodhi Road
22.	Moolchand Flyover & Andrews Ganj Chowk.	Buses coming from Ring Road diverted to Asharam Chowk Mathura Road. However General traffic will not be allowed on Lodhi Road from 0600 hours till the event is over (12.00 Noon Approximately).

Traffic will not be permitted on route of the Delhi Half Marathon from until event is over. Similarly traffic will also not be permitted towards the route from any internal/colonies roads. However cross traffic may be permitted whenever there is a sufficient gap between the Runners / Athletes at any particular intersection.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES

All emergency vehicles including vehicles of Delhi Police, Ambulances, Fire Brigade and other Emergency Service Vehicles are allowed to cross the route of marathon during emergent situations, when proceeding on emergency duties to save precious lives of people.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO PUBLIC

Adequate traffic arrangements have been made for diversion and regulation of traffic. General public and motorists are also advised to use public transport to avoid congestion on roads. General public and motorists are advised to plan their journeys keeping the Half Marathon in mind and advance their journeys so that delay can be taken into account. Motorists are advised to follow the directions of the traffic policemen posted on roads to avoid inconvenience. The diversion is likely to continue from 5.45 A.M. till completion of the event at about 11.30 AM.