Traders give shutdown call against plan to make Connaught Place vehicle-free

Traders of the iconic Connaught Place market have called for a shutdown tomorrow to protest the plan to make middle and inner circle vehicle-free.

The decision to make the middle and the inner circular roads of CP vehicle-free was announced last month following a meeting chaired by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and attended by officials of the Urban Development Ministry, NDMC and Delhi Police.

As per the plan, the middle and inner circular roads of CP in the heart of the national capital were to be made vehicle-free from February for three months on a pilot basis, a move aimed at decongesting the area.