Traffic Police seeks public cooperation for smooth traffic management ahead of Eid Festival

Traffic route plan for Eid-ul-Azha

SRINAGAR: In view of the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha, large numbers of vehicles are expected in and around Lal Chowk, as such traffic police department has made arrangements to discourage traffic gridlock along Residency Road and M.A Road stretches.

As per a communication by traffic police, no vehicular traffic shall be allowed to ply on Residency Road from Radio Kashmir to Hari Singh High Street from 21st September till Eid-ul-Azha.

As per the new route plan, all Lal Chowk bound commercial vehicles approaching from Soura, Hazaratbal and Harwan shall adopt the following routes after converging at Badyari Chowk.

M.A Bridge- M.A road-Budshah Bridge- At Budshah bridge all vehicles shall take U-turn immediately below the Flyover and shall proceed back along Budshah bridge- Maisuma- Madina Chowk-Exchange Road- Barbarshah-Baba Dharam Dass temple.

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At Baba Dharam Dass temple, vehicles bound for Soura and on onwards shall take a left turn towards Babademb and onwards. At Baba Dharam Dass temple the vehicles bound for Hazaratbal shall adopt Khonakhan- Khanyar route for onward journey. At Baba Dharam Dass temple the vehicles bound for Nishat, Harwan shall follow Khonakhan- Badyari Chowk route for onward journey.

All Lal Chowk bound commercial vehicles approaching from Pampore, Pantha Chowk, Batawara shall adopt the following route after reaching at Sonwar.

Sonwar-Radio Kashmir-TRC-Golf Crossing-M.A road-Budshah bridge and shall take Fly-over route to reach Batamaloo and on return shall adopt Fire-Service-Flyover- Budshah bridge- Maisuma-Madina Chowk-Exchange Road-Barbarshah- Baba Dharam Dass temple-SRTC Crossing-Dalgate-Syed Sahib Sonwar and shall proceed onwards.

All Batmalloo bound vehicles coming from Budgam, Rangreth, Humhama, Chadoora, Kralpora, Natipora, Sanatnagar, Rawalpora etc. shall after reaching Sherghari shall adopt Exhibition-Secretariat road to reach Batmalloo and on return they shall follow Reckchowk, P/S Sharegari-Iqbal Park-Bakshi Stadium, L.D Hospital, Lal Mandi, Jawahar Nagar, Jawahar Nagar Bund-Rambagh bridge and onwards.

All JVC/HMT bound vehicles shall take Tatoo Ground- Batmaloo route and on return shall take U-turn at Secretariat crossing for onward journey.

As per the plan, the parking arrangements for all private vehicles approaching Lal Chowk and around the city center have been made. Residency road right from Radio Kashmir upto Hari Singh High Street shall be declared one-way for LMVs with entry at HSHS and exit point at Fancy Fabrics, Regal Chowk, Polo View lane and no vehicle shall be allowed to enter the Residency road from Radio Kashmir side. The areas like Sheikh Bagh, Press Enclave, Polo Ground (East/west), Polo View parking, Khalsa High School, Along Market near V-mart, Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium could be utilized by the people as parking places.

All Shopkeepers/business establishments of Lal Chowk area shall park their vehicles before 9 am at authorized and designated parking places.

No vehicle shall be allowed to park along M.A Road on either tube, Jehangir Chowk, Exhibition, HSHS and violators shall be dealt sternly.

All commercial vehicle operators shall ensure that they shall not resort to intermittent stop, gaps and shall board or un-board passengers at designated bus stops/bus bays only.

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