Elaborate traffic arrangements in place for IPL match in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has made elaborate traffic arrangements for parking of vehicles, pedestrian movement and safety of persons in and around the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground here, which will host an IPL T-20 cricket match on Thursday, officials said.

The match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will be played at the ground between 8.00 pm 11.30 pm.

"Limited parking is available for labelled vehicles in the proximity of the stadium and no vehicles would be allowed to be parked on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg and Ring Road from Rajghat to I.P. Flyover (both the carriageways) on the day of the match," a traffic advisory said. Vehicles parked on these roads shall be towed away and prosecuted as per law, the advisory added.

For unlabelled vehicles, 'park and ride' facility has been created at Mata Sundari Parking, Shanti Van Parking and under Velodrome Road, it said.

All buses will start their services two hours before the match and will continue till one hour after the start of the match. The bus service from the stadium to their respective destinations will start as soon as the game ends and will continue for an hour after the match ends, a senior traffic officer said.