In view of the proposed sewerage line works at various places in the city, Dehradun police drafted an alternative traffic plan on Wednesday. The Superintendent of Police (Traffic) DS Gunjyal said that sewerage line work on a 200 metre stretch of the road from the Hotel Him Palace crossing to Nehru Colony Crossing has been proposed to be taken up by the Peyjal Nigam.
The corporation is expected to complete this work in a period of 10 days. He informed that a zero-zone for traffic has been put in place from Hotel Him Palace crossing to Nehru Colony Crossing. Traffic on several routes will be diverted for this.
The traffic from Rispana Bridge to Dharmpur Chowk and Araghar will be diverted from Rispana bridge crossing to the Fountain Chowk in Nehru Colony, Dharmpur Mmandi and Dharmpur mosque crossing to reach the Araghar T-Junction. Vikram/public transport plying from Rispana to Dharmpur will follow the route from Rispana crossing to Mothrowala Chowk-Old Bypass chowki and Dharmpur.
Vehicles going towards the Rispana Bridge Crossing from Araghar will be diverted from the Araghar Chowk to Dharmpur Mandi, Fountain Chowk and Nehru Colony Crossing to reach the Rispana Bridge Crossing.
Traffic going towards Rishikesh/Haridwar will follow the route via Fountain Chowk- Pulia Number-6 and Jogiwala. Vehicles coming from Race Course, Araghar will take the route via Dharmpur Chowk, Mata Mandir or Mothrowala Road to Rispana.
Traffic is expected to be slow on the stretch of Haridwar Road between Chanchal Dairy to Hotel Him Palace and Dharmpur. The police have appealed the local residents to follow the aforesaid alternate routes, he added.