It’s a day of processions today. Almost five processions to be precise! So chaos is bound to happen in Central Delhi as well as the walled city of Delhi.

A sikh procession which has come from Punjab will start a religious procession from Majnu Ka Tila gurudwara near ISBT, Kashmere Gate at 9 am. This procession will end at Gurudwara Sisganj.

The second procession is of Suthre Shah near Hanuman Temple, ISBT. This is an annual procession taken out by his followers and will start at 11 am. There’ll be around 5,000 followers in the procession and will take a long walk within the walled city of Delhi.
Then there are three processions of Baba Ram Dev. Not of Astha channel fame! One procession, which will start at 11 am, is from Nabi Karim and the other two will be taken out in Karol Bagh area. From Saraswati Marg the procession will start at 9 am and the second procession will start from Hathiwala Chawk at 11 am.

Apart from the five processions, there a Dalit rally at Lila grounds, Asaf Ali road from 2 pm to 5 pm. DCP (Traffic/north zone) HPS Virk says, and “According to our estimates around 10,000-12,000 people are expected in the rally, we advise motorists to deviate from their normal routes if they use the above-mentioned roads.”

According to Virk, “Ring Road will be affected today. Traffic movement in entire walled city of Delhi including Chandni Chowk and Subhash Marg, Arya Samaj road, Motia Khan, Qutub road, Rani Jhansi Marg, D.B. Gupta Road and Faiz Road will be affected.”

For the residents and shopkeepers of old Delhi, Metro Rail is a boon for them, as they don’t need to bother about these processions anymore. For Karol Bagh residents and those using New Rohtak Road, they should the Patel Nagar road. For them the Metro is still few months away.