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Diwali shopping rush brings Delhi traffic to a crawl, key roads hit

A surge of shoppers heading out for last-minute Diwali purchases brought large parts of Delhi to a crawl on Tuesday evening, with bumper-to-bumper traffic, serpentine queues of vehicles…

Diwali shopping rush brings Delhi traffic to a crawl, key roads hit
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A surge of shoppers heading out for last-minute Diwali purchases brought large parts of Delhi to a crawl on Tuesday evening, with bumper-to-bumper traffic, serpentine queues of vehicles and prolonged snarls reported across busy market areas and arterial roads. Heavy traffic was reported in and around several major shopping hubs, including Sarojini Nagar, South Extension,…

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