But barricades, road diversions and police restrictions disrupted plans for visitors, as security was tightened across New Delhi on Sunday. NEW DELHI: For some, India Gate was a Sunday sightseeing stop. For others, Connaught Place was a lunch destination.
Groups of visitors from Bihar, Nigeria and the United States arrived at the India Gate but were asked to leave, with police citing security reasons. We were planning to visit a restaurant in Connaught Place, but police asked us to take a longer route. The restrictions came as police maintained a heavy deployment across Lutyens’ Delhi, with barricades at key intersections and roads leading towards Jantar Mantar blocked to prevent protesters from assembling. Sunday’s scenes showed how the security cordon also affected tourists, commuters and people simply trying to go about their day While police claimed that the measures were to maintain law and order amid calls for demonstrations.
We were also told that the restaurant might be closed,” Gupta said. Sanjay Kumar from Bihar said, “I had come for an excursion to the India Gate on Sunday but the police told me that I could neither sit on the lawns nor walk up to the monument. “Our train, which was scheduled for Delhi on Saturday, was cancelled, so I took a bus.
