Free ride on DTC buses for 4 hours on I-Day

Delhiites will get a free ride on all DTC buses from 6 am to 10 am across the national capital on this Independence Day.

Also, for the first time, around 10,000 seats will be available for general public at the historic Red Fort where they can witness Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliver his maiden Independence Day address to the nation.

The members of the public will be seated to the right of the Red Fort in the public enclosure, next to around the same number of schoolchildren clad in colours of the tricolour. ‘We are arranging for the seating, security checks and traffic management for 10,000 people. DTC is also making special arrangements,’ a senior police official said. 

‘Frequency of DTC buses will be increased around Red Fort in order to make commuting easier for those coming to witness the Independence Day function’, said DTC spokesperson RS Minhas.

The visitors, however, will not be allowed to carry mobile phones, cameras, binoculars, handbags, briefcases, cigarette lighters, transistors, tiffin boxes, water bottles, lunch boxes, etc.,to the venue and would be subjected to heavy security checks. Given the security threat to Prime Minister Modi from several terrorist outfits, the security apparatus for the Independence Day celebrations has been scaled up this time.

A multi-layered security cover consisting of thousands of armed personnel will keep a hawk-eyed vigil to pre-empt any possible terror strikes in the city.