To iron out traffic bottlenecks on Chhath Puja, Noida Traffic Police has decided to close Noida-Kalindi Kunj Road. Entry of heavy vehicles will be restricted from 3 pm and the road will be closed by 5 pm on October 29. However, traffic from Kalindi Kunj to Noida will be allowed. All motorists heading to Kalindi Kunj, Badarpur, Faridabad and South Delhi will have to take a 15-km long detour from DND flyway. Movement of heavy vehicles will be restricted till the morning of October 30.
“Routes and diversions will be shifted according to groundswell of faithful,” said SP Traffic Rajiv Narayan Mishra. Noida Police has deployed a contingent of 20 extra Traffic Police personnel to man expected heavy traffic on DND flyway. Two-three extra lanes will be opened for ease of traffic. Extra employees will be deployed to collect toll. last year, Noida Police had restricted traffic movement for more than an hour on Noida-Kalindi Kunj Road. Noida Traffic Police officials are expecting their Delhi counterparts to also impose the same on traffic coming from their side.
To deal with the parking menace during Chhath, Noida Police has also commissioned a makeshift parking at Sector 94. Noida Police has made it mandatory for all devotees to leave their car behind in
the carparks and walk instead to the riverbanks.
“Adequate police personnel will be deployed at the riverbanks for crowd management. Fire Department has been asked to position fire tenders to deal with
any exigency,” said a senior police official.