Dr B R Ambedkar's death anniversary (Mahaparinirvan Din) is on Monday, December 6, and thousands of followers are expected to visit Chaitya Bhoomi at Dadar in central Mumbai. Mumbai Police has now decided to put in place traffic restrictions and diversions from Saturday, December 4, reported the PTI.
The people will start arriving in Mumbai from Saturday onwards, and it is likely that they will stay here till Tuesday, December 7.
As a part of restriction, S K Bole Road in Dadar west will be one-way from Siddhi Vinayak junction up to Hanuman temple, and there will be no entry from the temple.
Bhavani Shankar Road will be one-way from Hanuman temple or Dadar Kabutarkhana up to its Junction with Gokhale Road South. There will be no entry from Gokhale Road South via Gopinath Chavan Chowk, except for BEST Buses and emergency or utility services.
SVS Road from Siddhi Vinayak junction up to Hinduja Hospital will be closed for all vehicular traffic. Residents can go up to road number five, that is Pandurang Naik Marg junction, from Hinduja Hospital.
All other heavy vehicles and goods carriers will be diverted from Mahim junction via Mori Road towards Senapati Bapat Road, except for the BEST buses.
From Friday, December 3 till Sunday, December 5, around eight roads in the vicinity of Chaitya Bhoomi will become 'no parking zones.' While nine places will be kept for parking. It will include Senapati Bapat Marg in Mahim and Dadar and Reti Bunder (Mahim).
The restrictions will be imposed beginning from Saturday afternoon till Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has undertaken the decision to allow a live broadcast as well as permit online access to Chaityabhoomi.
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