Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Commissionerate Police has issued guidelines and traffic advisory to ensure smooth conduct of the immersion ceremony of Goddess Durga idols in Odisha capital on Wednesday.
As per the guidelines, the procession for the immersion ceremony is slated to start in Bhubaneswar from 3 pm onwards on Wednesday.
There are three Bhasani Committees in the capital city – Bhubaneswar Bhasani Utsav Committee at Saheed Nagar, Rajdhani Mandir Surakshya Bhasani Samiti at Nayapalli and Uttar Bhubaneswar Bhasani Committee at Chandrasekharpur.
All idols will congregate at their designated places in Saheed Nagar, Nayapalli, and the ground near the IOCL office in Chandrasekharpur and follow the designated route for immersion.
In view of the immersion procession from Saheed Nagar, the traffic intending to proceed towards Rupali Square from Vani Vihar side shall be diverted from Vani Vihar towards Acharya Vihar.
No vehicle will be allowed to ply on Janpath. They will be diverted to Sachivalay Marg and other adjacent roads. This traffic regulation will be in force from 3 pm or starting time of the procession whichever is later to 1 am or the ending time of the procession, whichever is earlier.
For the immersion procession from Nayapalli, the traffic intending to proceed towards Cuttack from CRP square side will be diverted from CRP square towards Jaydev Vihar via Ekamra Park and Biju Pattnaik College. This traffic regulation will be in force from 3 pm or starting time of the procession, whichever is later and shall be continued till 1 am or till the procession passes CRP square, whichever is earlier.
The vehicular traffic on Stewart School Road, Unit-8 road, and OUAT square-New Airport road will be diverted onto the adjacent roads.
For Uttar Bhubaneswar Vasani Committee, the traffic intending to proceed towards Nalco Square from the KIIT side shall be diverted to other adjacent roads from Nandankanan – Jayadev Vihar road. Heavy vehicles coming from the Khurda side towards Bhubaneswar shall be diverted at the starting point or the Fire Station Over Bridge towards the flyover. No vehicles will be allowed to ply on the service road.
