Guwahati Police Issued Traffic Guidelines for Chhath Puja Celebration

GUWAHATI: The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic forwarded an official notification, directing elaborate traffic arrangements for the devotees to safely reach the Ghats on the day of Chhath Puja.

The festival will be celebrated on November 2nd and 3rd, 2019. The reason for this notification is the safety of the devotees who will be congregating at various Ghats of the Brahmaputra River and other water bodies to worship the sun.

The restrictions on vehicular traffic will be valid from 1 pm on November 2 till the departure of the devotees from puja locations in the evening.

On November 3, the restrictions will be made from 1 am and shall continue till the departure of the devotees.

Diversion of Vehicular Traffic

Vehicles carrying devotees will only be allowed to ply on the stretch of MG Road between Apollo point to Cotton Collegiate School Point.

City buses coming from Bharalumukh side towards Pan Bazar and Chandmari side will be diverted at Apollo point towards HB Road via TRP Road/AT Road.

Light vehicles from Uzanbazar, Latasil side towards Bharalumukh shall be diverted via BC Road, Tayabullah Road, and GNB Road.

The entry of trucks from Lokhra, Garchuk, and Sixmile, shall be restricted November 2, 2019.

Parking of vehicles

Vehicles carrying devotees from the Bharalumukh area shall be allowed to park their vehicles on MG Road from Apollo point to FA Road and MG Road crossing TRP Road, Lakhi Goli, Chamber’s Road, MS Road, and SRCB Road.

All vehicles shall be parked inside the field at Sonaram HS School ghat.

No parking zones

AT Road, from Bharalumukh to Panbazar over bridge South Point will be kept clear of parked vehicles from 7 am to November 2, 2019.

On MLN road, ARB road, SS road, SRCB road, HB road, TRP road parking of vehicles shall not be allowed.

No trucks shall be entitled to park at TRP Road, Lakhi Goli, chambers road, SRCB road, Kedar Road, MS road from 7 am, November 2 till the departure of devotees.

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