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Traffic curbs for Independence Day

Staff Reporter

Entry on S.P. road between Central Telegraph Office and YMCA to be ‘one-way’ from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m
Parking for two wheelers is at Gymkhana Grounds

HYDERABAD: City Police have announced the following traffic arrangements for Independence Day celebrations to be held at Secunderabad Parade Grounds on Friday.

The entry on S.P. road between the Central Telegraph Office and YMCA will be ‘one-way’ from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cars with passes will be allowed from CTO junction towards the YMCA before the parade commences and in reverse direction after it is over. The road from Cantonment park to the SBH crossroads would be closed to all vehicular traffic from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Those coming in vehicles having VIP, AA, A1, A2, B1 and B2 car passes from Begumpet side should proceed via Rasoolpura junction and CTO flyover, a press release said.

Similar vehicles from upper Tankbund and Ranigunj side must proceed via MG Road or Parklane. They will pass through Central Telegraph island/Plaza junction to the Parade Ground side of Sardar Patel road.

After the invitees alight, the cars with AA, AI and A2 passes should be parked in front of GHMC office under the fly-over and those with B1 and B2 passes will proceed up to SBH Junction and park in the compound of the office of the Chief Engineer Project Ordnance Factory.

Invitees coming from Cantonment side with VIP, AA, AI, A2, B1 and B2 passes will proceed towards the SP Road.

Invitees with car passes A3 to A7 coming from M.G. Road, Begumpet and Secunderabad Cantonment side will alight at Gymkhana Grounds.

Invitees with car pass B3, B4 and B5 shall come via S.D. Road, proceed to office of the Chief Engineer Ordinance Factory to park vehicles. Cars with VIP, A1 to A7, B1 and B2 passes coming from Secunderabad Clock Tower will come via Sarojini Devi Road and turn at Montgomery traffic island. Cars with B3 to B5 passes coming from Bollaram side can proceed via Secunderabad Club, Cantonment Garden road up to YMCA junction, turn right and enter the parking lot opposite GHMC office. Cars without passes will come via S.D. Road, proceed to Patny, turn right at SBH Junction, proceed to YMCA Junction and park the vehicles in front of the Judicial Academy. Duty officers will park their vehicles in Raja Deen Dayal lane.

Parking

After the function, VIP, AA, A1, A2, B1 and B2 cars will leave through the S.P. Road towards Plaza Junction/Telegraph Island. Cars with A3 to A7 passes parked at Gymkhana Grounds will leave by Parklane, Telegraph island junction or towards Tivoli. Cars with B3, B4 and B5 parked in office of the Chief Engineer Ordnance Factory opposite to MCH Secunderabad will leave via Cantonment Road from YMCA side.

Parking for two wheelers is at Gymkhana Grounds and on either side of St. Ann’s school road.

Only the cars of Ministers and Judges will be parked by the side of the iron barricades on SP Road, about 100 yards away from alighting point. Invitees coming after 8.50 a.m. with car passes AA, A1, A2, B1 and B2 from Hyderabad side/Begumpet and Punjagutta, coming from CTO flyover will take detour in front of Chillah/Dargah (near Plaza junction) and go on to the southern side of the fly- over and walk by the slip road in front of the VIP alighting point.

‘At home’ party

Following parking arrangements were made in connection with the ‘At Home’ party being hosted by the Governor on the Independence Day at Raj Bhavan on Friday. Cars of invitees with ‘Green and Yellow’ passes will be allowed through gate No. 1 of Raj Bhavan upto the alighting point in front of the Darbar Hall and shall be parked in the administrative block, the police said in a press release. Vehicles with ‘White and Blue’ passes will be allowed through gate No. 2 of Raj Bhavan. Invitees with these passes will alight near the steps of the Darbar Hall and the vehicles will be parked near the administrative block. Cars of the invitees with ‘pink’ passes will be allowed through gate No. 3 and shall be parked at the Dilkusha Guest House.

The remaining vehicles would be parked at the MMTS railway station area after they alight at the main gate of the Raj Bhavan.

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