The milk market at Ganesh Talkies and two parking lots nearby will be shifted to make way for the second phase of the demolition of the Vivekananda Road flyover, a part of which had collapsed in March 2016, killing 45 people.

In the first phase, the stretch of the flyover between Posta Bazar and Strand Road, near the Howrah bridge, was pulled down. The second, and the last, phase of the demolition, between Ganesh Talkies and Girish Park, is set to start on August 27.

The urban development department will supervise the demolition. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has decided that once work starts, the stretch of Vivekananda Road between Ganesh Talkies and Girish Park will remain shut to traffic for nearly a month and a half, officials said.

On Saturday, representatives of the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority, which functions under the urban development department, and officers of Posta police station and Jorabagan traffic guard met residents and traders of the area and briefed them on the changes the demolition would entail.

The milk market at Ganesh Talkies will be shifted to a spot near Lohia Matri Seva Sadan Hospital on Rabindra Sarani. The two parking lots on Vivekananda Road and KK Tagore Street, managed by the CMC, will be moved away, too.

“Residents were told they would be able to use the footpaths but can’t bring their cars. The cars will have to be parked on Rabindra Sarani, Balaram Dey Street or Rajendra Mullick Street,” said an officer.

“The CMDA has made it clear no families will be evacuated during the demolition.”

Officers at Lalbazar said a traffic diversion plan had been worked out.

“Vehicles will be diverted from Rabindra Sarani to Beadon Street or down Strand Road North and Jadulal Mullick Road to Beadon Street,” said a senior police officer.

All vehicles headed towards Posta will move through Nimtolla Ghat Street to reach Beadon Street. Cars from MG Road will be diverted through Rabindra Sarani to Beadon Row, Beadon Street or BK Pal Avenue.

Traders dotting the stretch between Ganesh Talkies and the Posta market have been told that trucks and other heavy vehicles would be restricted on the stretch for the next month and a half.

The state government has engaged a Mumbai-based company, which specialises in demolition of concrete structures, to pull down the 2.2km flyover.

Senior officials of the company, which had razed the Majherhat bridge, said the biggest challenge would be pulling down the concrete deck slabs, which are very close to some of the buildings on Vivekananda Road.