NEW DELHI, June 19 -- The controversial plan to make Asia's popular market and New Delhi's iconic heart and global showpiece Connaught Place a car-free zone is being rolled out soon.

Top sources in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) said the plan will be executed in two phases.

Senior officials in NDMC told The Pioneer that both phases will run at weekends. "We are yet to study the implementation plans, hence we are launching this during weekends," said an official on the condition of anonymity.

NDMC officials have met Delhi Traffic Police top brass for the required traffic management plan to execute it.

The officials also disclosed the date of the pilot project. "The first phase of experiment will start from June 29, 30, the second...