Traffic restrictions imposed due to BJP’s padayatra

Metro India News | Hyderabad

The Hyderabad Traffic Police has issued a traffic advisory in view of the BJP padayatra from BJR Statue to MJ Market on Monday (November 2). Traffic restrictions and diversions will be implemented on a need basis between 1 pm and 7 pm. Traffic coming from AR Petrol Pump towards BJR Statue will be diverted towards Nampally Railway Station and Ravindra Bharathi. Vehicles from Jambagh and Afzalgunj towards GPO Junction will be diverted at MJ Market towards Taj Island.

Traffic from Taj Island towards Old ABC Lane, Yousuf and Company, Troop Bazaar and Bank Street will be diverted at MJ Market towards Afzalgunj. Vehicles from the Old Ambedkar Statue towards BJR Statue will be diverted at Liberty towards Himayatnagar, while traffic from Himayatnagar will be diverted towards the Old Ambedkar Statue. Vehicles from Rajareddy Marg and Old MLA Quarters towards BJR Statue will be diverted at Basheerbagh Junction towards the Hyderabad Traffic Police Complex. Traffic from AR Petrol Pump and Nampally towards Chappel Road will be diverted at Chappel Road T-Junction.

Vehicles from King Koti towards Taj Mahal Hotel Junction, Abids, will be diverted towards Basheerbagh and Boggulakunta. Traffic towards Bata T-Junction, Stanley College and Sujatha School will also be diverted through alternative routes.

Traffic from MJ Market towards GPO and Nampally Station Road will not be allowed, while vehicles from GPO towards MJ Market will also be restricted. RTC buses from Ravindra Bharathi towards BJR Statue will be diverted via Nampally Railway Station. Buses from MJ Market towards GPO will be diverted via Taj Island. District buses heading towards Ranigunj and Upper Tank Bund will be diverted at CTO Junction towards Rasoolpura.

The police urged commuters to avoid affected routes and plan their journeys in advance. Passengers travelling to Nampally and Kachiguda railway stations and the airport, as well as parents picking up children from schools, were advised to start early.