PRESS NOTE During the ensuing Ganpati Festival Traffic Police have to make elaborate arrangements to maintain the law and order and to regulate vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic. In view of this Traffic Police Control Rooms are being set up at Five places viz. Girgaon Chowpatty, Shivaji Park Chowpatty, Bada Masjid Bandra, Juhu Chowpatty and Powai (Ganesh Ghat) and watch towers are being erected at 37 places for regulating the traffic as well as processions carrying the Ganpati idols. Various voluntary organizations such as Civil Defence, Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management, Home Guards, Traffic Wardens, R.S.P. Teachers, Water Safety Patrol, N.C.C. Cadets, N.S.S. students from various colleges are participating with Traffic Police in controlling the Pedestrian / vehicular traffic and Ganpati processions. Certain Traffic restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai on Tuesday ( 10th September,) Friday ( 13rd September, ) Sunday ( 15th September, ) and on Wednesday ( 18th September,) 2013, from 12.00 hrs., till 06.00 hrs. The restrictions which are imposed on these days, are as under : (1) CLOSURE OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC 50 (2) ONE WAY VEHICULAR MOVEMENT 56 (3) BAN ON HEAVY VEHICLES MOVEMENT 13 (4) PARKING RESTRICTONS 94 Annexure has been enclosed with this Press note giving details of these restrictions on various roads. In addition to this cranes would be stationed at various places (Police Cranes, B.M.C. Cranes and high capacity cranes from private organizations) Steel Plates will be provided on the beaches to prevent trucks and other vehicles from getting bogged down in the sand on various beaches. Drums will be placed on various roads for segregating the processions and the returning crowd. First Aid Centre will be set up with the assistance of the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, Saifee Ambulance, Muslim Ambulance and Parsi Ambulance Brigade. The above arrangements are made for the safety of the citizens. Volunteers of NGOs would be assisting the Traffic Police. Mumbaikars are requested to obey the directions and to cooperate. The Traffic Police would ensure that minimum inconvenience will be caused to the pedestrians and the motorists. Sd/- ( Brijesh Singh ) Addl. Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Worli, Mumbai. O. W. 370 / Edu / Tr. /2013. Date :- 07 /09/2013.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:53:29 +0000
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