T R A F F I C R E G U L A T I O N S
No. : TP / 31, Dated : 04.10.2018
Whereas it is necessary in the interest of public safety and convenience in connection with the MAHALAYA festival on 08.10.2018, I, Rajeev Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, in exercise of powers vested in me under Section 115, 116, 117, 122 & 126 M V Act, 1988 and Section 62, 62(1b) of Calcutta Police Act.,1866, 39, 39(1b) of Calcutta Suburban Police Act, 1866, read with Rule No. 85, 86, 87, 88 & 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 movement of vehicles shall be regulated between 04.00 hrs and 14.00 hrs in the following manner notwithstanding any other orders in force on 08.10.2018.
1) No Goods Vehicles will be allowed to move along Strand Road and St Georges Gate Road between Raja Woodmunt Street and Hastings crossings from 04.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs on 08.10.2018.
2) No Goods Vehicles will be allowed to move towards north from the following road intersections:
a) Rabindra Sarani and K K Tagore Street crossing (near Ganesh Talkies). b) Vivekananda Road and C R Avenue crossing (near Girish Park). c) Grey Street and B K Pal Avenue crossing. d) Manicktala crossing. e) Rabindra Sarani and B K Pal Avenue crossing. f) Grey Street and Raja Dinendra Street crossing. g) Galiff Street and Bidhan Sarani crossing. h) Beliaghata Road and AJC Bose Road crossing. i) Strand Road and K K Tagore Street crossing. j) B T Road and Raja Manindra Road crossing. k) B T Road and Dum Dum Road crossing. l) B T Road and Kashinath Dutta Road crossing (Sinthi More). m) Cossipore Road and Khagen Chatterjee Road crossing. n) Khirod Bidhya Binod Avenue and Galiff Street crossing. o) C R Avenue and New CIT Road crossing.
3) (a) Goods Vehicles from Posta Market Complex will be diverted along K K Tagore Street, Kalakar Street, M G Road thereafter C R Avenue.
Similarly, Goods Vehicles from Beliaghata, Entally, Sealdah side can take either AJC Bose Road, S N Banerjee Road and move through Dufferin Road, Khidderpore Road towards Vidya Sagar Setu.
(b) Goods Vehicles from Bantala / Tiljala areas will be diverted along No. 4 Rly Bridge, New Park Street, Circus Avenue, AJC Bose Road and move along Vidya Sagar Setu.
4) All vehicles, except the vehicles carrying devotees, will be diverted from Clyde Road and Commissariat Road crossing and Clyde Road and St. Georges Road crossing towards Kidderpore Road and thence Vidyasagar Setu.
5) Goods Vehicles may also be diverted from any of the arterial roads by the Traffic Police on duty as and when considered necessary to prevent them moving towards north along B T Road and Cossipore Road and along Strand Bank Road, Strand Road, St Georges Gate Road, especially nearly the Bathing Ghats of the Ganges within the city from 04.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs on 08.10.2018.
6) Auckland Road will be closed from Govt. Place (W) for all types of vehicles.
7) Kingsway will be closed for all types of vehicles from Plassey Gate Road crossing, except devotees vehicles.
8) These regulations will come into force in addition to the other normal restrictions on the day, which are not repugnant to above.
Sd/- Rajeev Kumar Dated, the 4th Commissioner of Police October, 2018 Kolkata
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