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Delhi Police Denotifies Jantar Mantar As Protest Site Citing Security
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News18•12-10-2026, 15:49
Delhi Police Denotifies Jantar Mantar As Protest Site Citing Security
- •Delhi Police officially denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site to protect the national capital's high-security core.
- •Future public demonstrations have been shifted to three alternative decentralized venues: Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground, and CBD Ground.
- •The administrative overhaul aims to balance democratic rights with national security, fluid traffic management, and protection of governance infrastructure.
- •Similar remapping occurred in the late 1980s when the Boat Club lawns were denotified following massive farmer-led blockades.
- •The newly approved grounds were chosen for their greater mobility, multi-directional entry points, and high-capacity traffic transit flexibility.
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Jantar Mantar was denotified as part of a major administrative overhaul driven by security assessments, escalating crowd sizes, persistent traffic gridlocks in the governance core, and the need to protect sensitive government infrastructure.
The Delhi Police designated three alternative decentralized venues for public demonstrations: Ramlila Maidan in Central Delhi, Burari Ground in North Delhi, and CBD Ground in East Delhi.
In the late 1980s, massive farmer-led blockades forced the denotification of the Boat Club lawns along the Central Vista, which resulted in a prior migration of political movements to Jantar Mantar.
