Protest in Delhi's Sarita Vihar | Photo Credit: ANI

New Delhi: A large number of people, on Sunday, staged a protest in Delhi’s Sarita Vihar demanding the removal of barricades that have been placed on the road linking Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj for the past few weeks owing to ongoing demonstrations in Shaheen Bagh area near Jamia Nagar.

Road number 13A between Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj has been closed for traffic movement since last month over the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests in the area, causing inconvenience to the commuters and leading to heavy traffic congestion.

As commuters are facing a harrowing time due to restrictions on traffic flow, the protesters demanded that the barricades and blockages that have been placed in the area be removed to ease traffic movement.

Delhi: Protest held in Sarita Vihar demanding removal of barricades and blockage on road no. 13A between Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj, in order to ease traffic movement. The road is closed for past many days due to ongoing anti CAA/NRC demonstration in Shaheen Bagh. pic.twitter.com/x1RKS1mfp6 — ANI (@ANI) January 12, 2020

Earlier, Delhi traffic police, in an advisory had asked those coming from Noida to take Delhi Noida Direct (DND) flyway or Akshardham to reach Delhi.

“Traffic Alert: Road No. 13A between Mathura Road and Kalindi Kunj is closed for traffic movement. People coming from Noida are advised to take DND or Akshardham to reach Delhi,” the traffic police had tweeted.

It also said that the traffic movement has been stopped to prevent chaos in areas like Delhi's Sarita Vihar, Mathura Road and Shaheen Bagh.

The traffic movement was blocked by the police on the Kalindi Kunj-Sarita Vihar/Jasola stretch (also known as Road No. 13A) in December as a precautionary measure due to large-scale protests against the amened law in and around Jamia Millia Islamia.

Owing to restrictions, many areas of south-east Delhi witnessed massive traffic snarls last month.