Traffic notifications
Whereas it is necessary for preventing danger, obstruction or inconvenience to the public in connection with the TATA Steel Kolkata Marathon on 18.12.2022, I, Vineet Kumar Goyal, Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, in exercise of powers vested in me under Section 115, 117, 122 and 126 M V Act, 1988 and Section 62, 62(1b) of Calcutta Police Act./ 39, 39(1b) of Calcutta Suburban Police Act read with Rule No. 85, 86, 87, 88 and 93 of Rules for the Regulations of Traffic in Kolkata and its suburbs and under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the West Bengal Traffic Regulations Act, 1965 (W B Act XV of 1965) read with Govt. of West Bengal Home (Transport) Department Order No. 7605-WT, dated the 20th July, 1965 and Govt. of West Bengal Transport Department Notification No. 3363-WT / 3M- 34/99, dated the 29th April, 1999, do hereby order that all classes of vehicles and all kinds of traffic including pedestrian traffic for the city of Kolkata shall be regulated in the manner prescribed below –
- Movement of all types of Goods Vehicles shall be restricted along Khidderpore Road, Vidyasagar Setu, Circular Garden Reach Road, Garden Reach Road, Satya Doctor Road, AJC Bose Road, D L Khan Road, St. Georges Gate Road, Strand Road, Kingsway, Hospital Road, R R Avenue, Mayo Road, Clyde Row, Commissariat Road, Nepier Road from 04.30 hrs to 22.00 hrs on 18.12.2022.
Exceptions –
- Goods vehicle carrying essential and perishable items like – LPG, POL, Oxygen, Milk, Medicine, Vegetable or fruits etc. and Light Goods vehicles having gross vehicle weight not exceeding 1600 kg (Ex. TATA ACE, Mahindra Zeeto, Suzuki Super Carry etc.) will be restricted from 04.30 hrs to 13.00 hrs.
- Light Goods vehicles will be restricted from 04.30 hrs to 13.00 hrs and also from 16.00 hrs to 22.00 hrs.
- The following roads on the Kolkata Maidan areas shall be closed to vehicular traffic as per the schedule mentioned below on 17.12.2022 and 18.12.2022:-
- From 22.00 hrs on 17.12.2022 to 13.00 hrs or till completion of the Marathon on 18.12.2022-
- Red Road.
- From 04.30 hrs to 13.00 hrs or till completion of the Marathon on 18.12.2022 –
- Mayo Road (West bound)
- New Road
- Casuarina Avenue
- Queensway
- Khidderpore Road
- Lovers Lane
- Hospital Road (North & South bound)
- Dufferin Road
- Outram Road.
- St Georges gate Road
- Satya Doctor Road
- G R Road
- Strand Road
- Kings way (Both Bound )
- CGR Road from Khidderpore crossing to Hastings Crossing (East Bound)
- Clyde Row
- Commissariat Road
- Nepier Road
- AJC Bose Road
- From 06.00 hrs till completion of Marathon or as & when required on the following stretch of roads on 18.12.2022 –
- R R Avenue
- Mayo Road (East Bound)
- J L Nehru Road
- Park Street
- Rowdon Street
- Theatre Road in between AJC Bose Road & 7 Point crossing
- Syed Amir Ali Avenue (western flank)
- Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue (western flank)
- Gurusaday Road (eastern flank)
- Circus Avenue (east bound)
- Southern Avenue (both bound)
- Abdul Rasul Avenue
- Lake Gardens Flyover North bound
- Kali Temple Road from Sadananda Road crossing (West bound)
- Mahim Halder Street from Sadananda Road (West bound)
- Sadananda Road (North bound)
- Kalighat Road from Nepal Bhattacharjee Lane
- Hazra Road
- Judges Court Road
- Hastings Park Road
- Belvedere Road
- Alipore Road
- Rakhal Das Auddy Road
- Gopal Nagar Road
- From 22.00 hrs on 17.12.2022 to 13.00 hrs or till completion of the Marathon on 18.12.2022-
- East bound traffic on Judges Court Road will be diverted from Alipore Road crossing towards North & South on Alipore Road.
- North bound traffic on Alipore Road will be diverted towards west on Strandal Road and East bound traffic on Strandal Road will be diverted towards south on Alipore Road as and when required.
- East bound traffic along Belvedere Road will be diverted from Alipore Road towards north & south on Alipore Road.
- West bound traffic on Hazra Road will be diverted from Hazra crossing towards north & south on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road.
- North bound traffic along Gopal Nagar Road will be diverted from Chetla Hut Road.
- East bound vehicles on Ballygunge Circular Road between Ritchie Road & Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue will be diverted further South along Ritchie Road, as and when required.
- Vehicles descending towards 7 Point crossing in front of Topsia PS on Maa Flyover will be diverted further West on Maa link Flyover, as and when required.
- Vehicles descending towards 7 Point crossing from Maa Link junction of AJC Bose Flyover will be diverted further East on Maa Flyover, as and when required.
- South bound vehicles of Old Court House Street may be diverted through Esplanade Row (East) / R R Avenue / J L Nehru Road / Mayo Road.
- Gariahat Road eastern flank will be used for both bound (South and North) traffic, by placing guardrails and cones, while western flank will be used for Race, from Ballygunge Phari to Golpark.
- Gariahat Flyover eastern flank will be used for north bound traffic while eastern side ad grade road will be used for south bound traffic.
- East bound traffic of Purna Das Road will be diverted from its crossing with Hindustan Park towards Rash Behari Avenue.
- South bound traffic of Sarat Bose Road may be diverted from Deshopriya Park towards Gariahat Crossing then right turn towards Golpark.
- North bound buses, mini buses (Hazra, Esplanade, Howrah) will be diverted from Prince Anwar Shah Road & D P S Road Crossing towards east.
- Behala bound buses, mini buses will avail Tollygunge Circular Road for up and down journey.
- East bound vehicles on Chetla Central Road will be diverted from Alipore Road & Chetla Central Road crossing towards Raja Santosh Road – Alipore Park Road – Burdwan Road for onward journey.
- South bound vehicles of S P Mukherjee Road will be diverted towards east along Rash Behari Avenue from Rash Behari Crossing.
- C G R Road East bound traffic will be diverted from Khidderpore crossing towards D H Road.
- D H Road North bound traffic will be diverted from Ekbalpur crossing towards Strandal Road.
- Tram services along Khidderpore Road, Dufferin Road, Hazra Road, S.P.M. Road, Judges Court Road, Park Street, Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Gariahat Road, Rash Behari Avenue will be suspended from 05.00 hrs to 13.00 hrs on 18.12.2022 or till the Marathon is over according to the direction of traffic police on duty.
- Vehicular traffic may also be diverted/regulated/restricted on the roads along the line of route of the Marathon as and when considered necessary by the traffic police on duty.
- Vehicular traffic may also be diverted from any of the arterial roads and feeder roads by the traffic police on duty as and when considered necessary in the interest of the public on the aforesaid date and time mentioned above.
- These notifications shall be enforced in addition to the other normal restrictions on the day, which are not repugnant to the above.