A major security deployment ahead of a proposed CJP protest has disrupted movement across Delhi, with reported checks on vehicles, buses and trains, the closure of 45 metro stations and the cancellation of 75 trains. Internet services were also reported to have been suspended within a four-kilometre area around Jantar Mantar, while traffic restrictions affected central and eastern parts of the capital.
According to Jagran’s report published on Saturday, Delhi Police placed barricades and checkpoints at several locations and began stopping vehicles before allowing them to enter the city. Police and railway security personnel were reported to be questioning passengers at railway stations and checking train coaches, including services arriving from neighbouring states.
The report said long-distance trains bound for Delhi were being stopped at stations in neighbouring states for checks by the Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force. Trains arriving in the capital were running two to four hours late because of the inspections. Passengers were also questioned before leaving railway stations, according to the report.
Bus services approaching Delhi faced similar checks. At the Ghazipur border in east Delhi, personnel from the Border Security Force and police were reported to be checking vehicles before permitting entry. The checks had begun causing congestion at the borders, although traffic volumes were described as lower than usual. The report said vehicles carrying women and elderly passengers were being allowed to pass without the same level of checking in some cases.
Security was also strengthened around the residences of VIPs in the New Delhi district. Access towards the Prime Minister’s residence was restricted, while an officer of IPS rank was reported to be supervising vehicle checks at the Apsara border. Vehicles considered suspicious were being examined and their documents checked, according to the report.
Several restrictions affected key central Delhi routes. Barricading on the ITO–India Gate–Mandi House stretch led to long traffic queues, while the road connecting New Delhi Railway Station with Connaught Place was closed. The report said some people, including employees working at the railway hospital, were unable to reach their workplaces because of the restrictions.
The reported security measures also affected the city’s public transport network. Forty-five metro stations in the Jantar Mantar area were said to have been closed, although the supplied report did not provide a station-wise list or details of when services would resume. It also did not identify the official order or authority responsible for the reported internet suspension and train cancellations.
Jagran separately reported that traffic diversions had been introduced at 30 locations in New Delhi and central Delhi ahead of the proposed protest. The restrictions were being implemented as police and railway authorities maintained heightened security across entry points, stations and roads leading towards the protest area.
