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1 T R A F F I C R E G U L A T I O N S No. : TP/58, Dated: 266 Whereas it is necessary for preventing danger, obstruction or inconvenience to the public to regulate traffic of all kinds on the 29 th October,, 2016 the Kali Puja Day and on 30 th, 31 st October 2016 and 1 st November, 2016 days of Immersion, I, Rajeev Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, in exercise of the powers vested in me under Section 115, 117, 122 & 126 M V Act 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 & 93 of Rules for the Regulations of Traffic in Calcutta and Suburbs and under sub-sec.(1) of Section 4 of West Bengal Traffic Regulation 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 WT/3M-34/99, dt. the 18th 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. These additional regulations shall remain in force during the days and the hours specified in the order. All previous orders issued in respect of the areas and the roads, streets and thoroughfares or portions thereof, which are repugnant to that mentioned below, shall remain suspended during the period. (I) Movement of Goods Vehicles like Heavy Goods, Medium Goods, Light Goods and Commercial etc., not connected with carrying of images and immersion processions, shall be prohibited on all the roads and thoroughfares within the city as follows - From hrs. on to hrs. on From hrs. on to hrs. on 316. From hrs. on to hrs. on From hrs. on to hrs. on The roads will also be opened to all types of vehicles, connected with immersion processions, throughout the day within the city on 306, 316 and , except goods vehicles carrying images in and around Victoria Memorial Hall, i.e. portion of AJC Bose Road between D L Khan Road to Cathedral Road, Hospital Road, Queensway, Cathedral Road, Casuarina Avenue, Lovers Lane, etc. (II) The following roads shall be closed to all vehicular traffic from hrs. on to hrs. on 306,, except for property line vehicles, or as and when considered necessary by the police on duty. 1) Bankim Chatterjee Street. 2) Shyama Charan Dey Street. 3) Tollygunge Road between Chandra Mondal Lane and Rash Behari Avenue. 4) S.N.Banerjee Road between Rani Rashmoni Road and R.A.Kidwai Road may be closed to vehicular traffic, if considered necessary by the police on duty. Vehicles coming along S.N.Banerjee Road will be diverted from R.A.Kidwai Road towards N.C.Street, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, C.R. Avenue to destination. 5) R.B. Avenue and Chetla Central Road between Sadananda Road and Peary Mohan Roy Road, as and when considered necessary by the police on duty. 6) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Sarani between Vivekananda Road and M.G. Road, as and when considered necessary. 7) Bhim Ghosh Lane between Bidhan Sarani and Hari Ghosh Street. 8) Keshab Ch. Sen Street between APC Roy Road and Bidhan Sarani. 9) Northern channel of Southern Avenue in front of Karunamoyee Kali Mandir, as and when considered necessary. 10) College Street / Bidhan Sarani between M G Road and Vivekananda Road as and when considered necessary. 11) Mudiali Road in between Paharpur Road and Garden Reach Road as and when considered necessary. 12) Lenin Road 1

2 (III) The vehicular traffic on the following thoroughfares shall be regulated from hrs. on to hrs. on in the manner indicated against each, or as and when considered necessary by the police p on duty : 1) Jadulal Mullick Road and Baishnab Seth Street from north to south. 2) Kailash Bose Street from east to west. 3) Sahanagar Road from west to east, between Pratapaditya Road and Tollygunge Road. Vehicles along Tollygunge Road from Pratapaditya Place and Gopal Banerjee Lane shall be allowed to take right turn towards Sahanagar Road. 4) Buses of route no. 17A shall be routed along Rash Behari Avenue - S. P. Mukherjee Road - Hazra Road for both up and down journeys, as and when considered necessary. 5) Buses shall be diverted from the crossing of College Street/M G Road or Raja Ram Mohan Roy Sarani/M.G.Road via M.G. Road - A P C Roy Road - Vivekananda Road and thence along usual route for both up and down journeys, as and when considered necessary. 6) Both bound Mini Buses of Banamali Naskar Road i.e. Parnashree and Rabindra Nagar Mini shall be diverted through Taratala Road, State Garage, Upen Banerjee Road. 7) West Bound Buses of Route No. S-31, SD-4/1, 21 and Silpara to Sealdah Mini Bus may be diverted through Biren Roy Road East. 8) Vehicular traffic along Strand Road (North) will be diverted from eastern end of Howrah Bridge to avail Brabourne Road Flyover. (IV) No vehicles shall park, embark or disembark any person or load or unload on the roads between hours on to hours on as specified below : 1) On both sides along College Street from B.B. Ganguly Street to Keshab Ch. Sen Street and Bidhan Sarani from Keshab Ch. Sen Street to Sankar Ghosh Lane. 2) On the southern side of K.K.Tagore Street between Rabindra Sarani and Jadulal Mullick Road. 3) There shall be no BUS or TRAM STOP on College Street between Keshab Ch. Sen Street and Surya Sen Street. 4) On both sides of S.N.Banerjee Road. 5) Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja S C Mullick Road. 6) D H Road from Taratala to Behala Chowrasta 7) Banamali Naskar Road (entire) 8) Upen Banerjee Road 9) Biren Roy Road (West). 10) Pathak Para Road 11) Arya Samity Road 12) Siddhinath Chatterjee Road 13) Santoshpur Avenue 14) Raja S C Mullick Road, entire in between NSC Bose Road and Baghajatin Station Road. 15) D H Road from Chowrasta to Poilan Gate. 16) James Long Sarani, entire 17) M L Gupta Road, entire 18) Santosh Roy Road, Station Road, Bakrahat Road 19) E M Bye Pass from P A Shah Connector to Garia Station Road crossing 20) Garfa Main Road from Sukanta Setu to P A Shah Road connector 21) Mukundapur Main Road from E M Bye Pass to Mukundapur Bus Stand 22) Service Road in between Hiland Park and Ajoynagar crossing 23) Santoshpur Avenue from Ajoynagar crossing to Western Slope of Sukanta Setu. 24) N S C Bose Road (entire). 25) Baishnabghata Patuli Connector from E.M. Bypass to Satyajit Ray Park (V) For the safety and convenience of the pilgrims, special traffic arrangements will be made around Kalighat Kali Temple between hours and hours and again from hours on till hrs on ) The areas bounded by the under mentioned roads shall be closed to all wheeled traffic. a) Kalighat Road - On the West. b) Rash Behari Avenue - On the South. c) Sadananda Road - On the East. d) Hazra Road - On the North. 2) Kali Temple Road between Haldarpara Rd and Kalighat Road shall be closed to vehicular traffic. 3) No loading, unloading or parking shall be allowed on Kalighat Road. 4) Vehicles shall not park on Kalighat Road, except in the authorised parking zone. 2

3 (VI) Visitors of important puja pandals may be allowed to park their cars at the following places from hrs. on to hrs. on ,, or as and when considered necessary by the police on duty : 1) On Manicktala Street, Duff Street - parallel to kerb, single line, one side. 2) On Amherst Street about 100 metres south of its junction with Vivekananda Road on either side, parallel to kerb. (as and when considered necessary) 3) On Colootala St. between College Street and C.R. Avenue, on southern side, parallel to kerb. 4) On Kali Temple Road, only at the authorized parking zones. 5) Sadananda Road and Pratapaditya Road, according to the direction of traffic police on duty. 6) On Prince Gulam Md. Shah Road, both flanks, 100 Mtrs (S) of Lords crossing (i.e. Prince Gulam Md. Shah Road and Prince Hossain Shah Road crossing). 7) On D H Road Behala Industrial Estate. 8) On Baishnabghata-Patuli Connector, southern side from its crossing with H-Block upto Baroda Avenue crossing. 9) On Karunamoyee Ghat Road (western flank) 10) Lane, Bye-Lane adjacent to NSC Bose Road and Chandi Ghosh Road (VII) On Kali Puja Immersion Days i.e. on 306, 316 and all vehicular traffic, not connected with puja immersion processions, shall be diverted from hrs. till completion of immersions on the following thoroughfares, except for property line vehicles, or as and when considered necessary by the police on duty : 1) Beadon Street. 2) Nimtala Ghat Street. 3) Sovabazar Street. 4) Strand Road between K.K.Tagore Street and Nimtala Ghat Street. 5) Maharshi Debendra Road from Nimtala Ghat Street to Sovabazar Street. 6) Bidhan Sarani and College Street from Shyambazar 5-point crossing to M. G. Road. 7) Rabindra Sarani from Galiff Street to K.K.Tagore Street. 8) Strand Road and St. Georges Gate Road from A J C Bose Road to Kiran Sankar Roy Road. 9) Paharpur Road from Taratala Road to Garden Reach Road. 10) Balaram Bose Ghat Street. 11) Kalighat Road, west of Harish Mukherjee Road. 12) Durga Charan Banerjee Street. 13) Kali Prasanna Sinha Road. 14) Ratan Babu Ghat Road. 15) Strand Bank Road between Durgacharan Banerjee Street and Cross Road (V) 16) Khagendra Chatterjee Road. 17) Kings way and Clyde Row 18) Commisariate Road. 19) Gosthapal Sarani. 21) Kshudiram Bose Road. 22) To avoid congestion on Strand Road on the approach of Gwalior Ghat etc., portion of Strand Road and St. Georges Gate Road between Gosthapal Sarani and AJC Bose Road shall remain `One Way' from north to south. To approach Gwalior Ghat etc. vehicles carrying images which proceed along AJC Bose Road would be diverted via Khidderpore Road - Red Road - R.R. Avenue - Gosthapal Sarani - Strand Road for destination. 23) Vehicles carrying images, which will be coming from Belvedere Road and/or D L Khan Road, will be diverted to proceed along A J C Bose Road towards west, Hastings crossing, Khidderpore Road and onwards. 24) Both bound Mini Buses of Banamali Naskar Road i.e. Parnashree and Rabindra Nagar Mini shall be diverted through Taratala Road, State Garage, Upen Banerjee Road. 25) Mudiali Road from Paharpur Road to Garden Reach Road crossing 26) Garden Reach Road between Akra Road to Bichali Ghat Road crossing 27) Dr. A K Road between 12 No. Bus Stand to Jelia Para Road 28) Jelia Para Road between Satghara More to Bagdi Para 29) D P Sashmal Road, NSC Bose Road and Chandi Ghosh Road 30) Jheel Road from Garfa Main Road to VIvekananda Road crossing. 31) Chanchal Sarani. 32) Baishnabghata Patuli Connector East from E.M. Bypass. 33) Neel Pukur near Santoshpur Avenue. 34) Baishnab Ghata Patuli Connector (Eastern Side). 35) Aurobindo Sarani between J M Avenue and Rabindra Sarani. 36) Vivekananda Road between Chittaranjan Avenue and APC Road. 37) Durgacharan Banerjee Road. 38) Ahiritola Street between Maharshi Debendra Road and B K Pal Avenue. 39) Lenin Road. 3

4 (VIII) No vehicles shall park on the following roads from hrs. till immersion processions are over on 306, 316 and : 1) Beadon Street. 2) Rabindra Sarani between Gray Street and Ramesh Dutta Street. 3) Nimtala Ghat Street. 4) Strand Bank Road between Jagannath Ghat Road and Sovabazar Street. 5) Maharshi Debendra Road between Nimtala Ghat Street and Ahiritala Street. 6) Sovabazar Street. 7) Strand Bank Road from Katgola to Kashi Mitra Ghat. 8) Harish Mukherjee Road between AJC Bose Road and S N Pandit Street. 9) Hazra Road from S. P. Mukherjee Road to Kalighat Bridge. 10) Suburban School Road 11) Kalighat Road. 12) S. N. Banerjee Road. 13) Gosthapal Sarani. 14) Amherst Street. 15) Strand Road (Eastern side) from Gosthapal Sarani to Takta Ghat. 16) Tram Cars shall be restricted both bound on Bidhan Sarani. 17) Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja S C Mullick Road. 18) Raja S C Mullick Road, entire in between NSC Bose Road and Baghajatin Station Road. 19) N S C Bose Road (entire). 20) Chandi Ghosh Road (entire) 21) Babu Ram Ghosh Road (entire) (IX) ROUTE TO IMMERSION GHATS ON 306, 316 AND WILL BE AS FOLLOWS : 1) Keoratala Burning Ghat on Adi Ganga on the southern side of Hazra Road shall be as follows :- Rash Behari Avenue - Kalighat Road and Tollygunge Road. 2) Route to Ghat on Adi Ganga on the northern side of Hazra Road will be as follows:- Hazra Road - Harish Mukherjee Road - Balaram Bose Ghat Road and Harish Chatterjee Street and go out through Harish Chatterjee Street and Hazra Road. 3) Processions with images for immersion at Babu Ghat shall avail R R Avenue Kingsway - Strand Road and after immersion these vehicles will avail Auckland Road - R R Avenue - Esplanade Row East, etc. 4) Processions with images shall proceed to the south moorings from Gosthapal Sarani then along Strand Road. After immersions, the vehicles will leave through Strand Road - St Georges Gate Road since St. Georges Gate Road and Strand Road shall be 'One Way' from north to south. No vehicular traffic shall be allowed entry to St. Georges Gate Road from AJC Bose Road and Khidderpore Road. 5) Vehicles carrying images, after immersion, shall proceed along Strand Road from south to north between Gosthapal Sarani and Kshudiram Bose Road. No vehicular traffic shall be allowed towards south along Strand Road from Kshudiram Bose Road crossing. 6) Immersion processions coming to the southern side of Nimtala Ghat shall go out via Strand Bank Road towards south. Those going to other Ghats, north of Nimtala Ghat, shall go out via Sovabazar Street. 7) Bondel Gate Fly over via Picnic Garden Road or C N Roy Road towards VIP Nagar Road 8) Immersion processions for Rani Dighi and Layalka Pond shall enter through Raja S C Mullick Road and Raipur Road and for Poddar Nagar pond shall enter through P A Shah Road. 9) Immersion processions shall avail D H Road - Banamali Naskar Road to Immersion ghats and exit through State Garage, Taratala Road. 10) Immersion procession for (i) Vivek Nagar Jheel shall enter through Garfa Main Road, (ii) Chanchal Sarani Pond shall enter through Santoshpur Avenue, (iii) Patuli Pond shall enter through Dhalai Bridge side along E M Bye Pass and through Patuli Connector side and (iv) Mukundapur Pond shall enter E M Bye Pass and from Mukundapur Road side. 4

5 11) A) Onward Journey to Daighat - i) Procession coming from North will avail Strand Road Commissariat Road Clyde Row Napier Road G R Road Right Turn immersion Ghat. ii) Procession coming from South will avail D H Road Right Turn CGR Road Hastings crossing Left Turn St. Georges Gate Road Left Turn Clyde Row Napier Road Right Turn immersion Ghat. iii) Procession coming from East will avail AJC Bose Road Hastings crossing St. Georges Gate Road Left Turn Clyde Row Napier Road Right Turn immersion Ghat. B) Return route from Dai Ghat - Dai Ghat Right Turn Garden Reach Road Satya Doctor Road thence to CGR Road for their onward journey. 12) Procession coming from South Kolkata towards Hazra crossing may avail (i) SPM Road - ATM Road - Chowringhee Road - Exide crossing J L Nehru Road Mayo Road Kingsway, (ii) Red Road Netaji Statue Kingsway. 13) Procession coming from North / East Kolkata may avail S N Banerjee Road - R R Avenue - Kingsway. 14) Procession coming from East Kolkata may avail AJC Bose Road - Exide crossing Right Turn J L Nehru Road Mayo Road R R Avenue Kingsway. 15) Procession coming from South Kolkata towards Lalbati crossing may avail Alipore Road Belvedere Road AJC Bose Road Hastings crossing K P Road J & N Island Red Road R R Avenue Kingsway. 16) Procession coming from North Kolkata may avail (i) J M Avenue, Madan Mohan Tola Street - Rabindra Sarani - D C Banerjee Street - Strand Bank Road, (ii) J M Avenue - B K Pal Avenue - Nimtala Ghat Street- Maharshi Debendra Road - Ahiritola Street - Strand Bank Road. 17) Procession coming from East/Central Kolkata may avail (i) C R Avenue - J M Avenue, Beadon Street - Nimtala Ghat Street - Strand Bank Road, (ii) C R Avenue - J L Nehru Road - R R Avenue - Kingsway. 18) Procession coming along Brabourne Road may avail Brabourne Road India Exchange Place New CIT Road C R Avenue - J L Nehru Road - R R Avenue - Kingsway. 19) Procession coming from North Kolkata may avail (i) Manicktala Main Road - Beadon Street, (ii) Ultadanga Main Road - Aurobinda Sarani - via Hatibagan crossing. (X) Vehicular traffic on the following thoroughfares shall be regulated from hrs. till the completion of immersion on 306, 316 and in the manner indicated against each as mentioned below : 1) Balaram Bose Ghat Road shall be `One Way' from east to west (No Entry from Harish Chatterjee Street ). 2) Suhasini Ganguly Sarani shall be One Way from east to west between Harish Mukherjee Road and Harish Chatterjee Street. 3) Harish Chatterjee Street shall be `One Way' from north to south. 4) Kshudiram Bose Road shall be `One Way' from west to east. 5) R.R. Avenue between J. L. Nehru Road and Govt. Place East shall be `One Way' from east to west, if necessary. 6) Processions returning after immersion shall proceed along Strand Road - St. Georges Gate Road or Kshudiram Bose Road R R Avenue - Govt. Place East - Esplanade Row East - Lenin Sarani. 7) Strand Road and St. Georges Gate Road between Gosthapal Sarani and Khidderpore Road shall be `One Way' from north to south. 8) Sovabazar Street shall be `One Way' from west to east. 9) Beadon Street shall be `One Way' from east to west. 10) Nimtala Ghat Street shall be `One Way' from east to west. 11) Durga Charan Banerjee Street shall be `One Way' from east to west. 12) Strand Bank Road from Nimtala Ghat Street to Sovabazar Street shall be `One Way' from south to north and between Sutanuti Out Post and Sovabazar Street shall be one way from North to South. 13) Ratan Babu Ghat Road shall be `One Way' from east to west. 14) Pramanik Ghat Road shall be `One Way' from west to east. 15) Cross Road 5 (Continuation of K.K.Tagore Street between Strand Road and Strand Bank Road) shall be `One Way' from west to east. 16) Jagannath Ghat Road shall be `One Way' from east to west. 17) Kali Prasanna Sinha Road shall be `One Way' from west to east. 18) Gun Foundry Road between Strand Bank Road and Cossipore Road shall be `One Way' from east to west. 19) Gosthapal Sarani shall be `One Way' from east to west. 5

6 20) Tram Cars and Buses on Strand Road, Bidhan Sarani, College Street, Amherst Street may be suspended as and when necessary according to the direction of police on duty. (OC TCR will keep co-ordinate with CTC Control). 21) North and south bound buses along Bidhan Sarani shall be diverted via Vivekananda Road and APC Roy Road to the respective terminus according to the direction of police on duty. 22) Up and down journeys of the buses of route no. 15 shall be diverted along Strand Road, M.G. Road, C R Avenue, J M Avenue / Grey Street extension and further onwards. 23) Strand Road (North) between Nimtola Ghat Street and K K Tagore Street shall be one way from North to South. (XI) No immersion procession will be allowed to move at the following roads r on 306, 316 and ) AJC Bose Road in between D L Khan Road to Harish Mukherjee Road. 2) Hospital Road 3) Queens Way 4) Casurina Avenue 5) Park Street 6) Shakespeare Sarani 7) AJC Bose Fly Over 8) Harish Mukherjee Road in between S N Pandit Street and AJC Bose Road 9) Elgin Road 10) D L Khan Road 11) Belvedere Road in between National Library Main Gate to Alipore Road. 12) Baker Road 13) Bramha Samaj Road and Bramha Samaj Lane 14) Along C R Avenue and J M Avenue 15) Along Vivekananda Road towards west in between Bidhan Sarani and C R Avenue. (XII) VEHICULAR TRAFFIC MAY ALSO BE DIVERTED FROM ANY OF THE ARTERIAL AND FEEDER ROADS BY TRAFFIC POLICE ON DUTY AS AND WHEN CONSIDERED NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC ON , 306, 316 AND (XIII) PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MAY BE REGULATED FROM ANY OF THE ROADS / STREETS AND THOROUGHFARES WITHIN THE CITY BY THE POLICE ON DUTY AS A THE SITUATION DEMANDS ON , 306, 316 AND Dated the 26 th October, 2016 Sd/- Rajeev Kumar Commissioner of Police Kolkata * * * * * * * *

(1) These regulations, may be called the Rules of the Road Regulations, (2) They shall come into force on the first day of July, 1989.

(1) These regulations, may be called the Rules of the Road Regulations, (2) They shall come into force on the first day of July, 1989. Rules of the Road Regulations, 1989 1S.O. 439(E) dated June 12, 1989.- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 118 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes