A stretch of Motilal Nehru Road, in south Calcutta, will be closed for 30 days starting Tuesday morning to facilitate work on a drainage project launched by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, police said.
There will be restrictions on the traffic movement on the stretch with diversions at multiple crossings, police said. The stretch comprises residential and commercial buildings.
Traffic will be affected on Ritchie Road, Manoharpukur Road, Hazra Road, Sarat Bose Road and Lansdowne Place, which are directly connected with Motilal Nehru Road.
Hundreds of vehicles ply along this road that connects Rashbehari Avenue to Hazra Road.
Closed stretch
⚫The Motilal Nehru Road crossing with Hazra Road on one side and Manoharpukur Road on the other
⚫When the full stretch of Motilal Nehru Road between its crossings with Hazra Road and Manoharpukur Road will be blocked, north-bound vehicles on Motilal Nehru Road will be diverted through Manoharpukur Road and Sarat Bose Road between 8am and 1pm
⚫South-bound vehicles on Ritchie Road and Motilal Nehru Road will be diverted to Hazra Road through the Ritchie Road-Hazra Road crossing between 1pm and 10pm.
⚫Senior officers said there would be additional police deployments at the intersections to facilitate traffic diversions from Tuesday morning
⚫The road restriction will be for the Calcutta Municipal Corporation project that is meant for “improvement of drainage system” in the stretch, police said.
