With the wedding site of Chief Minister Harish Rawat's daughter having turned into a fort with heavy deployment of forces, diversion of routes connecting different parts of the city on an unprecedented   scale, coupled with frequent  VIP movements, constricted  mobility  in Haldwani on Wednesday.

 Under the traffic diversion plan, all the vehicles coming from rest of the Kumaon hills, including Almora and  Bageshwar districts, , were asked to follow Gola bypass route from Nariman crossing, Kathgodam, to reach Haldwani city, while the hill- bound motorists were to take the Chorgaliya- Gola bypass- Nariman crossing, Kathgodam  route to move ahead.

  Similarly, the vehicles coming from Kaladhungi area were asked  to move via Pilikothi- ITI crossing- Teenpaani- Bareli Road-Gola bypass to repair to the hill destinations like Almora and Bageshawr in Kumaon region.

Since the marriage celebration was staged at a place along Haldwani - Nainital Road those motorists who were either invitees or the residents of the adjacent areas of the marriage site were allowed to take this route from near Haldwani Degree College crossing, as per the Nainital district police traffic plan.

Since it was a VIP programme the enforcement agencies took no chances to ensure smooth and peaceful passage of the same. Therefore, the 200 meter radius of the marriage site on the Haldwani- Nainital Road was declared a no- parking zone. Thus, parking arrangements for about 20,000 vehicles carrying guests were made in a nearby school premises and other areas around Kathgodam.

With the organisers expecting   about 50,000 guests to turn up, several state Cabinet ministers and MlAs aside from senior Congress leaders attended the wedding.  Among the Cabinet ministers who were present were Indira Hridayesh, Mantri Prashad Naithani and Harish Durgapal.

 As the Chief Minister hails from Kumaon's Almora district, a large number of his guests were from the same region.