Facing flak over traffic chaos on roads on Dussehra evening, the district police have drafted traffic diversion plan for Muharram slated on Saturday.
Dehradun SSP Sadanand Shankar Rao Date presided over a meeting with the police station officers and directed them to take measures to ensure improvement in the traffic system in their areas during political rally or religious procession to be taken out in the city in the coming days.
Things are trying for police as the Diwali festival is approaching and people are thronging markets for purchasing items. “We should draft traffic plans in such a way that road users are spared incontinences,” Date stressed.
The police officers were directed to establish coordination with the organisers of rally or any religious procession in their jurisdictional areas. “They need to meet them and draft traffic plan accordingly. Besides, they must coordinate with officers of district administration, Public Works Department, Jal Sansthan, Municipal Corporation, power department and sports department through letters and inform them about their responsibilities,” he said.
During the big rallies, the police officers should inspect the sites through which the rallies would pass, he stressed, adding that they need to draft traffic plan giving details of entry point, exit point, duty point, duty chart, number of policemen deputed, barricades, wireless -sets among others.
This aside, the policemen deputed for rally should be briefed properly about traffic plan and the organisers need to be informed of the traffic routes, Date said.
On the occasion of Muharram, the procession would start from Karanpur Chowk, Survey Chowk. The vehicles going towards Beni Bazar from Eucalyptus Chowk will be diverted at Eucalyptus Chowk for Clock Tower. The vehicles coming from Raipur will be diverted at Survey Chowk for EC Road, Dwarika Store. There will no traffic movement from Survey Chowk to lansdowne Chowk during the procession.
When the procession would reach Rojgar Tiraha the vehicles’ movement would be restricted from Kanak Chowk to Survey Chowk. All the vehicles would be diverted towards Subhash Road and Beni Bazar.
The vehicles’ movements would be restricted from Cross Road to Convent Crossing. All the vehicles would be diverted towards Cross Road. When procession would reach lansdowne Chowk no traffic would be allowed from Trimurti Crossing to lansdowne Chowk. All the vehicles would be diverted at Cross Road for EC Road.
When the procession would reach Darshanlal Chowk the vehicles coming from Clock Tower to Darshanlal Chowk would be diverted for Rajpur Road. Vehicles going towards Clock Tower from Rajpur Road would be diverted at Oriental Bank for Kanak Chowk and Survey Chowk. When the procession would reach Tehsil Chowk the vehicles going towards Darshanlal Chowk to Tehsil Chowk would be diverted at Kabari Bazar for Doon Hospital and Prince Chowk. The vehicles coming from Clock Tower for Prince Chowk would follow the route as Old Bus Stand, Court Road and then Doon Chowk.
When the procession would reach Karbala from Tehsil Chowk, no traffic will be allowed from Prince Chowk for Tehsil Chowk. The vehicles would follow the routes as Court Road, Doon Chowk, Tehsil Chowk, Darshanlal Chowk.