Traffic police are in for a ride on April 17 as India will take on Pakistan at the Capital’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Expecting around 30,000 cars for the match, they have made elaborate arrangements for parking and to facilitate smooth entry of VVIPS to the venue. But their problems don’t end here itself. To make matters worse for them, the Hindus will be celebrating Ram Navami and taking out processions whereas Muslims will take out tazia procession on that day itself. So their job has doubled, as most of the activities will take part in Central as well as Walled city of Delhi.

However, Delhi Traffic Police is all geared up for the occasion and managing traffic won’t be a problem. DCP (Traffic/Northern Range) H.P.S. Virk told TODAY, “Around 500-odd traffic police personnel will be managing traffic for the India-Pakistan cricket tie in and around the stadium. For that we have made elaborate and well-planned arrangements. As far as processions are concerned, we already have a plan for it and it is a part of routine affair.”

Regarding the traffic circulation for the match, he said, “We won’t allow buses on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. We will be curtailing routes of buses. Moreover, we have arrangements for park and ride facility for viewers. We have arrangements for parking of cars at Bhairon Road and Velodrome Road. Moreover, there’s arrangement of parking 3000 cars on Ramlila ground. Another 500 cars can be parked at MCD parking lot at Asaf Ali Road. And even then people don’t find parking space or find these places inconvenient, they can park their cars at Kotla Road. And even if there are excess cars, they can be parked at Shanti Vana as well as service road of Rajghat.”

The Park-and-Ride facility will be available from Bhairon Road parking lots, Velodrome Road parking lot and Ramlila Ground parking lot. “We have arranged for 20 buses from each parking lot for ferrying spectators to the stadium. We advise people to start for the stadium early as all the parking lots are on a first-come-first-serve basis.”