Traffic on Red Road will be closed until Friday noon for the Independence Day parade. Metro lists details of the event and traffic restrictions in south Calcutta you should know before stepping out.
What: Independence Day parade
Where: Red Road
When Mamata Banerjee arrives: 9.58am
Programme: Parade and prize distribution for recipients of the chief minister’s police medal for outstanding and commendable service
Likely to end: 11.30am
Traffic restrictions:
- Red Road will be closed to vehicles from 10pm on Thursday till noon on Friday
- Kidderpore Road, RR Avenue between Y Road, Plassey Gate Road, Kingsway, Dufferin Road, Outram Road, Esplanade ramp and parts of Government Place West will be closed to traffic till the event ends
Police arrangements:
- Around 5,000 additional police personnel will be deployed during the parade
- Red Road and surrounding areas will be divided into multiple zones
- 20 deputy commissioners will monitor the zones
- Six watch towers have been mounted
- Eight motorcycle patrols will be present
Weather: Generally cloudy skies with sporadic rain is likely. The maximum temperature will be around 33 degrees Celsius. It will be humid when it does not rain.
Transport: Metro will run 182 services on the north-south corridor (Blue Line) on Friday instead of the usual 262. There will be no change in the timings of the first and last trains. The special night Metro will also run as usual.
On the Sector V-Sealdah section of the East-West Metro (Green Line-1), there will be 92 services instead of 108.
On the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section (Green Line-2), there will be 124 trains instead of 134. The timings of the first and last trains on both sections will be the same. Normal services will be available on the Joka-Majerhat section (Purple Line) and the New Garia-Ruby section (Orange Line).
Distress helpline: 100
Police control room:033-22143230
Traffic control room:033-22143644
