STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Durga Puja celebrations started on Friday on the occasion of Sasthi, and they will continue until Dashami, which is on Tuesday. In view of the Durga Puja Festival, the authorities have issued a set of instructions for the immersion of the idols post-celebrations on Tuesday. Traffic restrictions at Kachaomari Ghat will come into effect at 12 p.m. on October 24. No vehicles except idol-carrying vehicles shall be allowed to take a right turn at the District Library point from GNB Road to KLB Road. All vehicles coming from Jalukbari, Bharalumukh side, towards Chandmari, Dispur side shall be regulated at Apollo point on MG Road and diverted via TRP Road, then to HB Road or AT Road. These vehicles shall proceed either to KLB Road via HB Road (towards Chandmari, Noonmati, and Geetanagar) or to AT Road (towards Dispur and Khanapara).
All vehicles coming from Uzanbazar, Kharghuli, and Noonmati shall be regulated and diverted via Tayabullah Road and GNB Road. TRP Road and HB Road shall be one-way from the Apollo Point side. All vehicles, except idol-carrying vehicles, coming from Chandmari side to Jalukbari side shall not be allowed to enter MC Road and instead shall be diverted via BRP road, GNB road, TC point, and RBI point to Panbazar over bridge North point. The vehicles shall then take a left turn and proceed to AT Road for their destinations.
For the idol-carrying vehicles, the following regulations are in play during immersion (Dashami Day). Idol-carrying vehicles from Kumarpara, Athgaon, and Fatasil areas shall move via AT Road, TRP Road, Kedar Road, and MG Road to Kachomari Ghat. Idol-carrying vehicles from Rajgarh, Bhangagarh, and Christian Basti areas are to move via GS Road, Bhangagarh, Rajgarh Road, RG Barooah Road (Zoo Road), GNB Road, Guwahati Club, TC Point, MC Road, FC Road, and MG Road. Vehicles carrying idols from Ganeshguri, Dispur, and Kahilipara areas are to move from Ganeshguri via RG Barooah Road (Zoo Road), GNB Road, Guwahati Club, TC Point, MC Road, FC Road, and MG Road. No idol-carrying vehicles shall be allowed to move on B. Baruah Road from Ulubari to the TC point. The idol-carrying vehicles moving from the Bharalumukh and Fatasil areas are to move via AT road and DG road towards Pandu.
All idol-carrying vehicles coming from the Chandmari side shall be regulated at TC Point and diverted via MC Road, FC Road, and MG Road. Idol-carrying vehicles from Tokobari, Paltanbazar, Ulubari, Rehabari, Birubari, Chatribari, Bishnupur, and Lalganesh areas shall move either via (a) BK Kakoti Road, Ulubari, GS Road, Paltanbazar, Panbazar road over the bridge, MLN Road, and MG Road, or via (b) AK Azad Road, Nepali Mandir, Panbazar road over the bridge, ML Nehru Road, and MG Road.
Traffic arrangements at Pandu Port during immersion (Dashami Day) are as follows: No idol-carrying vehicles shall be allowed to enter from Maligaon Chariali towards Pandu. Idol-carrying vehicles are to move via Adabari Tiniali towards Pandu Port immersion ghat. After immersion, the vehicles will be allowed to move only via Sadilapur 6 No. colony towards Jalukbari.
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