Despite the State police insisting on prohibiting rallies —religious, political and others— to keep the roads in the core areas of Dehradun city free from the recurring traffic congestion, the traffic diversion plan as drafted by police has revealed that police are in no mood to crack the whip on the Nagar Parikrama procession to be taken out on Thursday as part of the Jhanda Mela.
As per information, the Jhanda Mela Nagar Parikarma procession would be taken out between 9.30 am and 2 pm on Thursday and it would snake through vast areas covered under the core area of the city. As per the traffic diversion plan, movement of vehicles would be restricted during the time the religious rally would be out on the roads. The vehicles would not be allowed to move towards Jhanda Sahib from Saharanpur Chowk while the vehicles coming from Balliwala would not be allowed to move towards lakshman Chowk police post and would be diverted towards Malviya Road and Punjab Bhusa Cut and then towards Saharanpur Chowk.
When the procession would reach SGRR from Purushottam Chowk the route diversion would be withdrawn. When the procession would enter Chakrata Road from Tilak Road all the vehicles coming from Shani Mandir Tiraha Bindal, Bindal chowki Tiraha and Bindal Pul would be diverted towards Ballupur and Cantt. No vehicle would be allowed towards Clock Tower. When the procession would reach Clock Tower all the vehicles coming from Eucalyptus Chowk, Oriental Chowk and Darshanlal Chowk would not be allowed to move towards the Clock Tower. During the same time, the vehicleS would be allowed from Kanak Chowk to Oriental Chowk. When the procession would enter Paltan Bazaar area movement would be restored to normalcy. When the procession would enter lakhibagh traffic would be partly regulated and the procession would be allowed to move in batches.
When the procession would reach Gaughat cut vehicles coming from Railway Gate would be allowed to move towards Bhandari Bagh.
When the procession would reach Saharanpur Chowk vehicles from Punjab Bhusa cut, Niranjanpur Mandi and lalpul would be diverted. When the procession would cross Saharanpur Chowk the traffic diversion would be withdrawn.