Mumbai Traffic Police PRESS NOTE
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Mumbai Traffic Police PRESS NOTE Mumbai Traffic Police has made elaborate arrangements regarding upcoming Ganpati festival 2017 for smooth flow of traffic and for preventing inconvenience to commuters. Five Traffic Police Control Rooms have been set up at important immersion places viz Girgaon Chowpatty, Shivaji Park Chowpatty, Bada Masjid, Bandra, Juhu Chowpatty and Ganesh Ghat-Powai. Traffic Police is erecting watch towers at strategic places for monitoring and regulating traffic flow during procession and immersion. Arrangements for barricading at important roads has been done to segregate procession crowd and returning crowd for safety purposes. Police cranes, BMC cranes and High capacity cranes are being stationed at strategic locations to handle contingencies in the event of breakdown of vehicles. First Aid Centers have also been setup for medical assistance. Approximately 3,600 traffic police officers and men and 500 Traffic Wardens are being deployed for the traffic management of the event. Various NGOs too are assisting the Traffic Police in this endeavor which includes volunteers from Civil Defence, Anirudha’s Academy of Disaster Management, RSP Teachers, Water Safety Patrol, NSS Students, Scouts and Guides etc. In view of this festival, certain traffic restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai City on 26th August (Saturday), 29th August (Tuesday), 31st August (Thursday) and 5th September, 2017 (Tuesday) from 12.00 hrs. to 06.00 hrs. the next day. The restrictions imposed are as under: 1. Closure of vehicular traffic on 53 roads. 2. One way vehicular movement on 54 roads. 3. Parking restrictions at 99 places. A detailed note on the above restrictions is enclosed herewith as Annexure-I Apart from the above traffic regulations on immersion days, separate traffic regulations and diversions have been issued to avoid traffic congestion and inconvenience to commuters near Lalbaugcha Raja. These details have been attached in Annexure-II separately. The aforesaid arrangements are for safety and prevention of inconvenience to the general public. Mumbai Traffic Police appeals to all people of Mumbai to abide by the said regulations and cooperate with the Traffic Police to make this Ganpati Festival a smooth & enjoyable event for all. Sd/- ( Amitesh Kumar ) Joint Commissioner of Police Traffic, Mumbai. ANNEXURE – I TRAFFIC REGULATION FOR IMMERSION DAYS (26th August, 29th August, 31st August & 5th September) (I) CLOSURE OF ROADS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC :- 53 A) SOUTH MUMBAI : COLABA TRAFFIC DIVISION : 01. Nathalal Parekh Marg will be closed from Budhvar Park to Indu Clinic. PYDHUNIE TRAFFIC DIVISION : 02. Jeenabhai Mulji Rathod Marg will be closed from its junction with Shivdas Chapsi Marg to P. D’Mello Road junction. KALBADEVI TRAFFIC DIVISION : 03. Jagannath Shanker Sheth Road will be closed from Princess Street to Portuguese Church. 04. V. P. Road will be closed from C.P.Tank circle to Bhalchandra Company. 05. B. J. road will be closed from J.S.S. Road to M. K. Road. 06. R. R. Road will be closed from Charni Road Station to Portuguese Church upto Prathana Samaj. 07. C.P. Tank Road will be closed from Madhav Baug to C. P. Tank Circle. 08. 2nd Kumbharwada Road will be totally closed. 09. Sant Sena Marg will be totally closed 10. 2nd Sutar Galli will be totally closed. 11. Nanubhai Desai Road will be totally closed. MALBARH HILL TRAFFIC DIVISION : 12. V. P. Road will be closed from Cawasji Patel Tank to S.V.P. Road junction and its junction with Dr. Bhadkamkar Marg (Lamington Road) 13. Jagannath Shanker Sheth Marg (Girgaum Road) will be closed from Princess Street junction to S.V.P. Road junction (Opera House). 14. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Marg (Sandhurst Road) will be closed from its junction with Dr. N .A. Purandare Marg (Marine Drive) to its junction with Pandit Paluskar Chowk (Opera House) and further up to its junction with Raja Ram Mohan Rai Marg (Prarthana Samaj) The Wadi Bunder Bridge will be closed west to East. TARDEO TRAFFIC DIVISION : 15. Pandita Ramabai Marg will be closed from its junction with Dr. N. A. Purandare Marg to Nyaymurti Sitaram Patkar Marg (Hughes Road). BYCULLA TRAFFIC DIVISION : 16. Dr. B. A. Road will be closed from its junction with Bharatmata to Bawala Compound (D. K. Road junction) 17. Dr. S. S. Rao Road will be closed from its junction with Gopal Naik Chauk (Shirsagar Hotel) to Lalbaug Police Chowky. 18. Dattaram Lad Marg will be closed from Chinchpokali Bridge to Shravan Yashawant Chowk, Kala Chowky. 19. Sane Guruji Marg will be closed from Sant Jaganade Chowk/Gas Company junction to Arthar Road Naka. BHOIWADA TRAFFIC DIVISION : 20. Dr. E. Borges Marg will be closed from Dr. B. A. Road, Suparibaug junction to Palav Khanolkar Chowk. 21. Jerbhai Wadia Road will be closed from Parel T. T. to G. D. Ambekar Marg towards Mane Master Chowk. B) EASTERN SUBURB : DADAR TRAFFIC DIVISION : 22. Ranade Road will be closed from its junction with N.C. Kelkar Road to its junction with Veer Savarkar Marg and towards Chaityabhumi. 23. Shivaji Park Road No. 3 will be closed from its junction with Gokhale Road (North) to its junction with Nyaymurti Ranade Road. 24. Shivaji Park Road No. 4 will be closed from its junction with Gokhale Road (North) to its junction with Shivaji Park Road No. 3. 25. Keluskar Marg will be closed from its junction with Gokhale Road (North) to its junction with Keluskar Road (South & North). 26. Keluskar Marg (South) will be closed from its junction with Veer Savarkar Marg to its junction with Keluskar Marg (North). 27. Keluskar Marg (North) will be closed from its junction with Veer Savarkar Marg to its junction with Keluskar Road (South). 28. N. C. Kelkar Marg will be closed from Kabutarkhana to Gadkari Chowk. 29. M. B. Raut Marg, Shivaji Park will be closed from its junction with S.V. S. Road (Cadel Road) and Shivaji Park Road No. 2. MATUNGA TRAFFIC DIVISION : 30. Tilak Bridge will be closed from Khodadad Circle (Dadar T.T.) to Kotwal Garden. CHEMBUR TRAFFIC DIVISION : 31. Hemu Kalani Marg will be closed from its junction with Umarshi Bappa junction to Vasant Park junction 32. Gidwani Marg will be closed from Golf Club to Zama Chowk and further to Chembur Naka. TROMBAY TRAFFIC DIVISION : 33. Ghatlagaon will be closed from Subhash Nagar Road to Ghatlagaon Ganesh immersion point. GHATKOPAR TRAFFIC DIVISION : 34. Lal Bahadur Shashtri Marg, Kurla (W) north bound will be closed from Kurla Depot junction to Ghatkopar Link Road junction. MULUND TRAFFIC DIVISION : 35. Bhattipada Marg, Bhandup (W) will be closed from its junction of Jangal Mangal Road to its junction with LBS Marg. 36. Jangal Mangal Marg, Bhandup will be closed from Laxmi Hotel to Sarvoday Nagar Society. 37. Din Dayal Updhyaya, Marg (Dumping Road) Mulund (W) will be closed from Modela junction to Ambedkar Chowk to its junction with LBS Marg. 38. Lal Bahadur Shashtri Marg, Mulund (W) north bound will be closed from Modela Light Signal junction to Toll Naka. South bound will be used for both way traffic. 39. Jangal Mangal Road from its junction with Tembi Pada Road junction will be closed up to Shivaji Talav 40. Lal Bahadur Shashtri Marg from its junction with Tank Road junction will be closed up to Shivaji Talav. 41. Sarvoday Nagar, Jangal Mangal Road will be closed up to Shivaji Talav. C) WESTERN SUBURB : SANTACRUZ TRAFFIC DIVISION : 42. Link Road South bound will be closed from its junction with Santacruz Police Station to Khar Telephone junction. 43. Tagore Road North bound will be closed from Archana Building to Juhu Road with Juhu Society Store for left turn. 44. Juhu Road North bound will be closed from its junction with Santacruz Police Station to Link Road, from Gazadarbandh junction to Gazadar Road and from Koliwada junction to Koliwada and South bound will be closed from Rizavi College to Gazadarbandh. 45. Juhu Tara Road will be closed for west side traffic from its junction with Kishor Kumar Ganguli Road and West bound will be closed from Kishor Kumar Ganguli Road to Royal Hotel junction. 46. Shamrao Parulekar Marg, Vile Parle (W) will be closed from Indravadan Oza Marg to Vaikunthlal Mehta Marg, except BEST buses going towards North. 47. Janardhan Mahtre Road will be closed from Juhu upto Moragaon. DINDOSHI TRAFFIC DIVISION : 48. Arey Colony Road will be closed from Unit No. 3 to Aarey Talav and from Unit No. 16 to Aarey Talav. KANDIVALI TRAFFIC DIVISION : 49. S. V. ROAD, M. G. Road, Kandivali (W) will be closed from its junction with Bobby Shoping Center to its junction with Datta Mandir Road from West to East. D. N NAGAR TRAFFIC DIVISION : 50. Caeser Road (Andheri-West) will be closed from its junction with Jai Prakash Road to its junction with S.V. Road for east bound vehicular traffic. 51. J. P. Road will be closed from Ganga Bhavan junction to Sagar Kutir for south bound traffic. 52. Panch Marg will be closed from Vateshwar Mandir of J. P. Road, fisheries Univercity Road to Ganga Bhavan on Fisheries University Road. BORIVALI TRAFFIC DIVISION : 53. Lokmanya Tilak Marg will be closed from Link Road junction to Bhabhai Naka for east bound traffic. The traffic will be diverted from Link Road junction via Yogi Nagar on Eksar Road. II ONE-WAY ROADS :- 54 A) SOUTH MUMBAI : COLABA TRAFFIC DIVISION : 01. Nathalal Parekh Marg, Colaba will be closed from its junction with Capt. Prakash Pethe Marg for South bound and existing one way between Pandey Marg and Colaba Post Office shall be used for both ways. 02. Rambhau Salgaonkar Marg will be closed from its junction with Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg to its junction with Nathalal Parekh Marg for West Bound traffic.