India, Feb. 19 -- Traffic across Delhi came to a standstill for another day on Wednesday as a slew of road closures were enforced across the city when 22 heads of state arrived - not just at Bharat Mandapam for the AI Summit, but also at sight-seeing locations across south and central Delhi - leaving the general public stranded on the roads for hours on end.

Traffic officials said the situation was anticipated. "The situation was comparatively better on Monday and Tuesday because only five heads of state had arrived, but with the remaining 17 arriving on Wednesday, we had a far more complicated task at hand," a senior traffic officer said on condition of anonymity.

The officer added that as of 6pm, they had to carve out at least 50 rout...