<p>Police enforced the restrictions on the lanes from Games Village to practice venues from 8 am leading to serpentine queues on several stretches with people complaining that they had a harrowing team reaching their destinations.<br /><br />The restrictions were imposed at 8 am for a period of 12 hours, a senior police official said.<br /><br />The most affected were those using the NH-24, connecting the capital and the Uttar Pradesh border town of Ghaziabad, due to athletes starting to move out of the Village for the practice venues.<br /><br />Adding to the commuter woes, around 1,600 blueline buses were kept out of roads as Delhi government prevented its operations near Commonwealth Games venues in a bid to improve the image of the city ahead of the sporting event.<br /><br />It was almost bumper-to-bumper traffic on almost all roads which has an exclusive lane for the Games related traffic and many people were seen stuck in their vehicles for about two hours.<br /><br />The uncomfortable weather added to the woes of the motorists.<br />A large number of traffic personnel fanned out across the city to facilitate Commonwealth Games related traffic as athletes are scheduled to visit practice venues spread across the city.<br /><br />"I started from Noida at 8:30 am and reached Connaught Place two hours later. The traffic through DND flyover was a horrifying experience," said S Chandrabhanu, a media professional.<br /><br />Same was the case with Sunil Kulkarni, an system analyst with a software company who started at 11 am. "I started from Mayur Vihar at around 11 am and it took two hours for me to reach Barakhamba road," he said.<br /><br />It was a field day for auto-rickshaw drivers as people waiting for bluelines made a beeline for the three-wheelers. Some commuters claimed the auto-rickshaw drivers used the opportunity to overcharge them.<br /><br />"Bluelines were not there and there were no DTC buses at regular intervals as promised by the government. We had to suffer for the so-called image makeover. We had to shell out more money for this by paying extra money to auto drivers," said Mayank Gupta, a bank employee.<br /><br />Anyone deliberately straying into the lanes while they are operational will attract a fine of Rs 2,000. Yesterday, Delhi Police challaned 17 people for deliberately entering Games lanes.</p>
<p>Police enforced the restrictions on the lanes from Games Village to practice venues from 8 am leading to serpentine queues on several stretches with people complaining that they had a harrowing team reaching their destinations.<br /><br />The restrictions were imposed at 8 am for a period of 12 hours, a senior police official said.<br /><br />The most affected were those using the NH-24, connecting the capital and the Uttar Pradesh border town of Ghaziabad, due to athletes starting to move out of the Village for the practice venues.<br /><br />Adding to the commuter woes, around 1,600 blueline buses were kept out of roads as Delhi government prevented its operations near Commonwealth Games venues in a bid to improve the image of the city ahead of the sporting event.<br /><br />It was almost bumper-to-bumper traffic on almost all roads which has an exclusive lane for the Games related traffic and many people were seen stuck in their vehicles for about two hours.<br /><br />The uncomfortable weather added to the woes of the motorists.<br />A large number of traffic personnel fanned out across the city to facilitate Commonwealth Games related traffic as athletes are scheduled to visit practice venues spread across the city.<br /><br />"I started from Noida at 8:30 am and reached Connaught Place two hours later. The traffic through DND flyover was a horrifying experience," said S Chandrabhanu, a media professional.<br /><br />Same was the case with Sunil Kulkarni, an system analyst with a software company who started at 11 am. "I started from Mayur Vihar at around 11 am and it took two hours for me to reach Barakhamba road," he said.<br /><br />It was a field day for auto-rickshaw drivers as people waiting for bluelines made a beeline for the three-wheelers. Some commuters claimed the auto-rickshaw drivers used the opportunity to overcharge them.<br /><br />"Bluelines were not there and there were no DTC buses at regular intervals as promised by the government. We had to suffer for the so-called image makeover. We had to shell out more money for this by paying extra money to auto drivers," said Mayank Gupta, a bank employee.<br /><br />Anyone deliberately straying into the lanes while they are operational will attract a fine of Rs 2,000. Yesterday, Delhi Police challaned 17 people for deliberately entering Games lanes.</p>