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Travel restrictions upend lives of people living near G20 summit venue

Colonies near Pragati Maidan cut off from the world outside, their residents stranded

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Some are unable to commute to work, while others, like Tarun, find themselves stranded far from their homes | Photo Credit: Rakshit Kumar

Rakshit Kumar New Delhi

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Auto driver Tarun has found himself in an unusual predicament for the past three days. Because of travel restrictions due to the G20 summit, he has not been able to go home. His home is in the bylanes of Janta Camp, a colony of shanties opposite Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, where the summit is to be hosted on September 9 and 10.

Other residents of the Janta Camp Road are, meanwhile, confined to their homes. The area is for now cut off from the world outside – an isolated island with its residents locked in or locked out.

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