The season of Kanwariyas is here so Delhi drivers should pull their socks up and learn to drive slow and cautiously now for the next 15 days starting from July 22. The Kanwariyas carrying holy water from the Ganges in Haridwar walk to their respective villages in hordes continuously from Purnima to Amavasya, which is on July 5. So you need to be extremely careful while driving on certain routes.

Usually they enter from Apsara border and through Shahadara, they walk straight towards ISBT and through Boulevard road they take Rani Jhansi Marg and then through Ridge Road they enter NH8. For Kanwariyas going towars Karnal, they turn right towards Wazirabad and then through GT Karnal Road they leave Delhi. The third route is for Kanwariyas going towards Faridabad. They usually take the Ring Road and then take a left from Ashram and go towards Badarpur Border. For Kanwariyas going towards Rohtak, they breakway from New Rohtak Road in Karol Bagh and then go towards Tigri border through the Rohtak Road.

On all three routes the most vital intersection for them is the Dhaula Kuan intersection. With the opening of the grade separator and free flowing traffic there, this year it will be little bit difficult for Kanwariyas here. So all of you passing through Dhaula Kuan should take extra care while passing through it during this time. The traffic police wanted to change their route this year, as they never wanted Kanwariyas to pass through the busy Dhaula Kuan grade separator, sadly the Kanwariya committee has refused pay heed to their advise.

So I again warn you guys to be careful on road, because the crowd turns unruly if there’s a collision between a vehicle and a Kanwariya. There have been few instances in the past where they overturned cars that touched a Kanwariya. These instances are common on the New Rohtak Road so west-bound traffic, Beware!