New Delhi, July 27 -- A day after Cockroach Janta Party-led student protest, the Jantar Mantar site where slogans echoed for weeks has turned silent. On Sunday, it was off-limits for general public with barricades still in place and heavy deployment of security personnel and cleaning work was being carried out. NDMC officials said the restoration operation includes pressure washing, cleaning graffiti from walls, restoring damaged signposts, repairing kerbstones, green belts and damaged dividers. "From last night until today, over 500 officers and employees participated in the drive, undertaking cleaning, washing, repair and restoration of roads, footpaths, central verges, green belts, walls and other public spaces," said NDMC vice chairperson Kuljeet Chahal. More than 500 workers, one excavator, two trucks, seven pressure jetting machines and eight auto tippers have been pressed into the work. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, a total of 62 tonnes of waste has been cleared. When HT visited the protest site on Sunday morning, the walls covered in slogans such as "Inquilab Zindabad" and "We exist because we resist" were being repainted. A 41-year-old NDMC staff member said he is usually assigned to the Gole Market area but was deployed on emergency duty to ensure the clean-up operation was completed quickly. Nearby markets, including Connaught Place, Palika Bazaar and Janpath, which had fallen unusually quiet during the protest, showed signs of a return to normalcy with restoration of internet and Metro services. Keshav Sood, 40, who owns a clothing-shop in Janpath Market, said he at his shop after several days. "Today, I have come to the shop in the morning. Over the last four or five days, I had come only for an hour or two because hardly any customers were coming." Ajay Kumar, 23, a street vendor who sells phone covers, said while shops were allowed to operate during restricted hours, street vendors were among the worst affected. Atul Bhargava, president of the New DelhiTraders Association (NDTA) for Connaught Place(CP), said that after a week of lacklustre sales,business is finally showing signs of revival. The Delhi Police on Sunday said it has begun scrutinising a backlog of applications seeking permission to hold demonstrations at the designated protest site. Senior officers said requests for permission to protest have been pouring in almost daily over the past month, but none was approved while the CJP agitation was underway. Those pending are now being reviewed at the Parliament Street police station. "We have been receiving requests seeking permission to hold protests at Jantar Mantar. None of them has been approved yet. We will now go through the pending applications and decide which organisations can be allowed to hold demonstrations at the site. People with permissions can protest till the regulated time," a senior police officer said, requesting anonymity. With the protest ending, police also began easing restrictions that had been in place for several days. Key roads which had been shut or heavily regulated were reopened to traffic....