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A day before the return of the India International Trade Fair (IITF), the capital’s main annual event, for its 42nd edition at the renovated Pragati Maidan complex, the Delhi Traffic Police on Monday issued a warning to travellers that heavy traffic jams were occurring. It is expected on several roads.
The fair, which will be held from 14 to 27 November, will open on Tuesday at 3. 30 p. m. in Bharat Mandapam. The traffic alert states that a crowd of more than 40,000 people on weekdays and 100,000 to 200,000 people on weekdays are expected to stop at the fair on weekends. He said traffic jams were expected on Mathura Road, Bhairon Marg, Ring Road, Sher Shah Road and Purana Qila Road, and warned stopover drivers on those roads.
Officials from the Trade Promotion Organization of India (ITPO), which oversees the ITPO complex in Pragati Maidan, which hosts the event, mentioned the theme of this year’s fair “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – United Through Trade. “
So far, 482 personal exhibitors and 3,000 booths from ministries and government agencies have registered for the 14-day fair, a senior ITPO official said on Monday. “We expect at least 3,500 exhibitors for this edition. At least thirteen foreign countries will exhibit their products,” the official said.
The target states are Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. The foreign countries are Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Thailand, Tunisia, Oman, Egypt, Turkey, and Lebanon. China, South Africa and Korea. ” We have participated in the fair since the outbreak of Covid-19,” the official added.
The first five days of the exhibition will be reserved for visitors from the industry, after which it will be open to the general public on November 19. Officials said tickets priced at ₹80 for adults on weekdays and ₹150 on weekends or online can be purchased. 55 main metro stations, except for the Supreme Court metro station.
“The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has started promoting access tickets to 55 metro stations for ‘working days’ from Tuesday. Tickets for the General Public Days (19-27 November) will go on sale from 19 November. However, tickets will not be on sale at the metro station or on the Supreme Court’s online page to avoid crowds,” an official added.
According to officials, it will be the largest industrial exhibition since the annual occasion began in 1980. It will have a covered area of 110,000 m² and all the exhibition halls will be used. The two amphitheaters and musical fountains of the remodeled complex will be used. for cultural occasions. The expected attendance during the 14 days will be more than 1,000,000. The gigantic underground car parks under the complex will also be used for the exhibition for the first time, they added.
The ITPO and the traffic police have suggested to other people to use public transport to get to Pragati Maidan. “Those arriving via the Delhi Metro can get off at the Supreme Court Metro station and enter the ITPO through gate number 10, or use the round-trip service to the entrance through Gates 6 and 4,” he said.
Traffic police said there would be no front for visitors through gates 5-A, 5-B, 7, 8 and 9, and that visitors would be able to enter through gates 1, 4, 6 and 10. Chauffeur-driven vehicles, taxis and cars will be located on the service road in front of gates 3 and 7 of the ITPO and also near the entrance gates to the underground car park. Entry will be prohibited after 5:30 p. m. each and every day,” the statement reads.
The traffic advisory stated that no cars would be allowed to stop or park at Mathura Road, Bhairon Marg, Sher Shah Road, Purana Qila Road, Bhagwan Das Road and Tilak Marg, adding that cars found parked here would be towed to Major Dhyan. Chand National Stadium and parked at gate number 5 of its car park.
“The new complex has two underground car parks with a total capacity of 3,000 vehicles, which will be used by the exhibitors and the zoo. The parking lot of the Bhairon mandir/zoo will also be available,” a second official added.
A third ITPO official said that in addition to a food court, the 3 amphitheaters and musical fountain will host two cultural evenings starting at 3:30 p. m. m. . ” At least 22 states have been given spaces to showcase the regional artistic bureaucracy at the first amphitheatre “Maharashtra will be presented on Wednesday, followed by Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The state days will culminate with West Bengal on November 26,” the official said. Amphitheater two and the Musical Fountain are expected to host cultural performances through artists. such as Amjad Ali Khan, Jayaprabha Menon (Mohiniyattam), RK Majumdar (Santoor) and Ustad Abdul Hamid Sabri (Qawwali).