The city traffic police on Tuesday notified the restrictions that will be in place for Mahalaya on Wednesday, October 6.
The notification, signed by Kolkata police commissioner Soumen Mitra, said the movement of vehicles will be regulated between 4am and 4pm.
No Goods Vehicles will be allowed to move along Strand Road and St Georges Gate Road between Raja Woodmunt Street and Hastings crossings from 04.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs on 06.10.2021.
No Goods Vehicles will be allowed to move towards north from the following road intersections.
- Rabindra Sarani and K K Tagore Street crossing (near Ganesh Talkies).
- Vivekananda Road and C R Avenue crossing (near Girish Park).
- Grey Street and B K Pal Avenue crossing.
- Manicktala crossing.
- Aurobinda Sarani and Raja Dinendra Street crossing.
- Galiff Street and Bidhan Sarani crossing.
- Strand Road and K K Tagore Street crossing.
- Cossipore Road and Khagen Chatterjee Road crossing.
- Khirod Bidhya Binod Avenue and Galiff Street crossing.
No Goods Vehicle will be allowed along B T Road, Khagen Chatteqee Road, Cossipore Road, Strand Bank Road, Rabindra Sarani from KVV Avenue up to B K Pal Avenue, Sovabazar Street, Nimtala Ghat Street.
No Vehicles (Devotees/Others) will be allowed to move farther south from the crossing of Kiran Shankar Roy Road and Strand Road however Babu Ghat route buses will be restricted and diverted from the crossing of Hare Street and Strand Road.
Goods Vehicles may also be diverted from any of the arterial roads by the Traffic Police on duty as and when considered necessary to prevent them moving towards north along B T Road and Cossipore Road and along Strand Bank Road, Strand Road, St Georges Gate Road, especially nearly the Bathing Ghats of the River Ganges within the city from 04.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs on 06.10.2021.
All vehicles, except the vehicles carrying devotees, will be diverted from Clyde Road and Commissariat Road crossing and Clyde Road and St. Georges Road crossing towards Kidderpore Road and thence Vidyasagar Setu. Devotees should maintain norms of social distancing and health and hygiene protocols, as per the Government guidelines, inside vehicles.
Auckland Road will be closed from Govt. Place (W) for all types of vehicles.
Kingsway will be closed for all types of vehicles from Plassey Gate Road crossing, except devotees’ vehicles.
If required, both bound vehicles along Strand Road will be closed in between Auckland Road crossing and Commissariat Road crossing, except vehicles carrying devotees.
No West bound vehicles will be allowed along Shovabazar Street from Rabindra Sarani crossing up to Strand Bank Road crossing.