Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal on Wednesday issued a traffic advisory in view of Eid ul Adha (Bakrid) on June 29, Thursday.
Whereas it is necessary for preventing danger, obstruction or inconvenience to the public in connection with the ID-UZ-ZOHA (Bakr-ld) festival on 29th June, 2023, subject to the visibility of the Moon, I, Vineet Kumar Goyal, Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, in exercise of powers vested in me under Section 115, 117, 122 and 126 M V Act, 1988 and Section 62, 62(1b) of Calcutta Police Act./ 39, 39(1b) of Calcutta Suburban Police Act read with Rule No. 85, 86, 87, 88 and 93 of Rules for the Regulations of Traffic in Kolkata and its suburbs and under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the West Bengal Traffic Regulations Act, 1965 (W B Act XV of 1965) read with Govt. of West Bengal Home (Transport) Department Order No. 7605-WT, dated the 20th July, 1965 and Govt. of West Bengal Transport Department Notification No. 3363-WT/ 3M- 34/99, dated the 29th April, 1999, do hereby order that all classes of vehicles and all kinds of traffic including pedestrian traffic to the following areas and all the following thoroughfares or portions thereof shall be regulated in the manner prescribed below, notwithstanding any other orders in force on 29.06.2023.
1) a) Movement of all Heavy goods vehicles & Medium goods vehicles (except LPG Vehicles, Vegetable, Fruits & Milk carrying vehicles) shall be restricted within Kolkata Police jurisdiction from 04.00 hrs to 22.00 hrs on 29.06.2023 (except Kolkata Dock System).
b) Heavy goods vehicles, Medium goods vehicles and Light goods vehicles for Kolkata Dock System will not find entry from 04.00 hours till 12.00 hours on 29.06.2023.
c) i) Movement of all categories of Light goods Vehicles in the city (except Kolkata Dock System) shall be restricted from 04.00 hours to 12.00 hours & 16.00 hours to 20.00 hours on 29.06.2023.
ii) Movement of Light Goods Vehicle will be restricted from 04.00 hrs. to 14.00 hrs. and
16.00 hrs. to 20.00 hrs. on 29.06.2023 along the following roads:-
1. Garden Reach Road from Ram Nagar crossing up to Dr. A K Road. 2. Paharpur Road from Kachhi Sadak to Asbestos crossing
3. Akra Road 4. Railway Line
Road 5. Dr. A K Road
II) Entire Red Road will be closed for all types of vehicular traffic from 22.00 hrs on 28.06.2023 (before night of the congregation prayer day) till 12.00 hrs on 29.06.2023 or till the end of the program.
Vehicles of all descriptions including Tram Cars will be temporarily suspended or diverted from the following roads and approaches from 04.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs according to the direction of traffic police on duty on 29.06.2023--
1) Manicktala Main Road.
2) Narkeldanga Main Road.
3) Gas Street.
4) RG Kar Road.
5) APC Roy Road between Girish Bidyaratna Lane and Kali Shome Street and Manicktala crossing up to M G Road crossing.
6) MN Chatterjee Street,
7) Raja Dinendra Street and Raja Raj Narayan Street crossing.
8) Raja Dinendra Street between Garpar Road and Gas Street
9) North Sealdah Road.
10) Kashinath Dutta Road
11) Khagen Chatterjee Road
12) Lock Gate Road.
13) Indra Biswas Road
14) Gopal Mukherjee Road
15) JK Ghosh Road.
16) Belgachia Road
17) Federation Street
18) Beliaghata Rly. Bridge from Bibi Bagan Lane crossing to Palmer Bazar Road crossing
19) Convent Bridge up to CIT Road crossing and Chatubabu Lane (Full)
20) Dr. Suresh Sarkar Road
21) D C Dey Road
22) Convent Road
23) Keshab Ch. Sen Street between APC Roy Road and Raja Ram Mohan Sarani
24) MG Road between Rabindra Sarani and College Street
25) Zakaria Street
26) Madan Mohan Burman Street
27) Rabindra Sarani between Canning Street and Tara Chand Dutta Street
28) Colootala Street between Rabindra Sarani and C R Avenue
29) Lenin Sarani between J L Nehru Road and Hospital Street
30) C R Avenue between Bentinck Street and Madan Street
31) C R Avenue between B B Ganguly Street and Vivekananda Road
32) J L Nehru Road
33) Rani Rashmoni Avenue between J L Nehru Road and Govt. Place East
34) Mayo Road between Dufferin Road and Red Road
35) Park Street between 7 point crossing and M L Mitra Road
36) Beck Bagan Row between AJC Bose Road and Karaya Road
37) New CIT Road between Rabindra Sarani and C R Avenue
38) Sunyat Sen Street between Rabindra Sarani and C R Avenue
39) Northern Flank of No. 4 Rly. Bridge
40) Shamsul Huda Road between Rifle Range Road and Jhawtala Road
41) Palm Avenue between Broad Street and Mayfair Road
42) Syed Amir Ali Avenue between Mayfair Road and Karaya Road, western side
43) CIT Road western flank between Puddapukur and Hatibagan
44) AJC Bose Road between Ripon Street and Shakespeare Sarani
45) AJC Bose Road between Lower Range and Sarat Bose Road
46) Biresh Guha Street
47) Sambhu Nath Pandit Street
48) Gopal Nagar Road
49) Tollygunge Circular Road
50) Garden Reach Road from Ram Nagar crossing to Sreeram Jute Mill
51) Watgunge Street from C G R Road to G R Road
52) Western Channel of C I T Road (Paddapukur)
53) Khidderpore Road, Outram Road and Hospital Road
54) Sambbunath Pandit Street
55) Harish Mukherjee Street
56) C G R Road from Satya Doctor Road crossing upto Khidderpore Bridge
57) Paharpur Road from Mudiali up to Garden Reach Road crossing
58) Ekbalpore Road from its crossing of Ibrahim Road up to B K Road
59) Ekbalpore Lane from the crossing of Ibrahim Road up to B K Road
60) Braun Field Row from its crossing with D H Road upto Hossain Shah Park
61) Dr. Sudhir Bose Road from its crossing with D H Road and C G R Road
62) M M Ali Road from its crossing with Dr. Sudhir Bose Road up to Ekbalpore Road
63) Mominpore Road from its crossing with Mayurbhanj Road to Ekbalpore Lane
64) Alipore Park Road between Raja Santosh Road and Burdwan Road
65) Dr. Abdul Kader Road66) Akra Road, Railway Line Road, Bediadanga Road and Selimpur Road
67) Haltu Main Road and Bose Pukur Road
68) Topsia Road from C N Roy Road crossing, north bound
69) Kustia Road from Picnic Garden Road crossing, north bound
70) Masjid Bari Lane from Tiljala Road crossing, east bound
71) Topsia Road (East)
72) Lorry Road
IV) As the Bus Stand at Esplanade Complex will in no way be disturbed, the temporary removalwill not be necessary. Entry will be via New Road, Dufferin Road and Exit will be via R R Avenue ITram track etc, to avoid conflict between pedestrians and buses.
V) Movement of Tram Cars on Lenin Sarani between Esplanade crossing and R A KidwaiRoad will be stopped as soon as people start arriving on Lenin Sarani.
VI) Vehicular traffic may also be diverted from any of the arterial and I or feeder roads by thetraffic police on duty as and when considered necessary on 29.06.2023.
VII) These regulations will be enforced in addition to the other normal restrictions on the day,which are not repugnant to the above.