India, Oct. 31 -- Commuters witnessed traffic snarls in several parts of Delhi on Saturday as heavy rush was recorded in markets due to the last weekend before Diwali, restrictions at some locations for National Unity Day-related events, breakdown of vehicles on a few roads, and security arrangements for the Opposition INDIA bloc's scheduled rally at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday.

Several arterial roads in central, south, north and east Delhi were packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic. Ongoing infrastructure-related construction in key south Delhi areas and traffic chaos around Sarai Kale Khan, driven by merging traffic from the recently opened Barapullah Phase-3 flyover and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway onto the already congested Ring Road, add...