India, July 26 -- A sense of normalcy started returning to central Delhi late Saturday, after days of protests, brief skirmishes, internet suspension, Metro closures and heavy barricading of roads threw life out of gear due to the sit-in protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and its supporters over the past month.

With the CJP announcing an end to its agitation in the evening, leaders of the protest started urging supporters to vacate the area. Barricades that had sealed off several roads around the protest site were gradually removed and traffic movement resumed across key stretches of Sansad Marg, Janpath, Tolstoy Marg, Ashoka Road and adjoining roads.

While heavy traffic was witnessed as thousands of protesters left the area, of...