New Delhi, January 28: The Beating Retreat ceremony, marking the end of Republic Day 2019 celebrations, will be held tomorrow. The procession will begin from the Vijay Chowk in the national capital, and culminate at the Raisina Hills, which houses the Parliament.

A total of 27 musical performances by bands of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force will be witnessed. Local musicians have given compositions to 19 of the above tunes. Republic Day Parade 2019 Highlights: India's Diversity, Military Might Displayed at Rajpath, See Pictures & Videos.

In view of the event, traffic restrictions will be placed by the Delhi Police. Several Metro Stations will also remain shut.

The movement of vehicles was curtailed on Monday as well, in view of the full dress rehearsal of Beating Retreat ceremony being carried out by the forces along the Vijay Chowk to 'C' Hexagon path.

Vijay Chowk remained closed for general traffic from 3.30 pm to 9.30 pm, according to a traffic advisory. Movement of vehicles on parts of Rafi Marg, Raisina Road, Krishna Menon Marg, 'C' Hexagon and Dara Shikoh Road will also be restricted, it said.

Breakdown of a cluster bus at Pamposh Enclave added to traffic woes for people travelling from Nehru Place towards Chirag Delhi.

"Major traffic jam in Delhi Cantonment (Sadar Bazar Road), have been stuck here for more than an hour!," a commuter tweeted.

Commuters were stuck for long hours at Kalandi Kunj stretch from Delhi to Noida due to heavy traffic jam. While a DTC bus break down at Yamuna bridge, Vikas Marg, also caused a chock-a-block situation.

"I was not getting cabs in the morning. There was a waiting of 22 minutes to get a cab for a distance of five kilometers," Rahul, who was travelling to Noida from Mayur Vihar, said.

"Traffic movement was also closed from Loni to Shahdara carriageway due to ongoing Delhi Jal Board work. Traffic was moving in one carriageway. Kindly avoid the stretch," the traffic police tweeted.

According to the advisory, roads to be avoided include Akbar Road, Ashoka Road, Tilak Marg, KG Marg, Prithvi Raj Road, Mathura Road, Shahjahan Road, Sher Shah Suri Marg, Bhairon Marg, Purana Qila Road and Subramania Bharti Marg.

(With PTI inputs)

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