New Delhi: In another two weeks from now, going to Karol Bagh would require one to follow a new traffic plan. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), in its bid to reduce congestion in the busy market area, has decided to render three arterial roads one way. This, MCD hopes, would save shoppers from the parking nightmare they experience every day. To achieve this, MCD will deploy 70 marshals in two shifts on the Gurdwara Road, Pyarelal Road and Saraswati Road. Entry and exit points to the Karol Bagh market from Pusa Road will also be fixed in order to streamline traffic around Ajmal Khan Road. “According to the plan, traffic will enter the market from Gurdwara Road and exit from Saraswati Road,” said a senior MCD official. In the first phase, Gurdwara Road, Pyarelal Road and Saraswati Road will be part of the loop where one-way traffic will prevail. The stretch between Arya Samaj Road and DB Gupta Road is already one way. Ajmal Khan Road will be made a ‘no parking zone’ so that there is sufficient space for pedestrian movement. According to senior MCD officials, the plan will go a long way in solving parking problems and frequent traffic snarls on the Pusa Road, Arya Samaj Road and D B Gupta Road, which result out of congestion inside the Karol Bagh market. “Traffic coming from both sides is the main reason for traffic snarls in the area; the parking lots on Arya Samaj Road just add to the congestion. Once it is made one way, there will be enough space for parking on both sides of the road,” said Jagdish Mamgain, chairman, works committee, MCD. But MCD is not alone in this: the city traffic police will pitch in once the marshals are hired. “We’ve been told by MCD that they’re in the process of hiring marshals for implementation of the new traffic plan. Once they are hired, we will assist in the trial run of the new plan,” said joint commissioner of police (traffic) Satyendra Garg. Earlier, the plan was approved by the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) in May this year; but it couldn’t be implemented as the traffic police had asked MCD to hire marshals to ensure its smooth implementation.