Puri Police has issued a traffic advisory for this yearrsquos Rath Yatra. The restrictions were imposed to ensure smooth rolling of the three chariots movement of devotees and security of persons coming to the town during the 9-day annual sojourn of the sibling deities official sources said on Wednesday.
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According to sources a comprehensive security arrangement has also been made for the upcoming Rath Yatra in Puri involving thousands of cops and advanced technology to ensure the safety of devotees and the smooth rolling out of chariots of the Holy Trinity.
Puri is gearing up for the divine car festival with heightened security measures being implemented across the pilgrimage town. Several senior IPS officers including Soumendra Priyadarshi Sanjay Kumar Amitabh Thakur S. Praveen Kumar Sarthak Sarangi and Puri SP Vinit Agrawal will be overseeing security arrangements for the world-famous event.
Route and parking arrangement for vehicles coming to Puri
Tourist buses and regular buses
bull All tourist buses from Bhubaneswar side will be allowed up to Malatipatapur Parking and their return will be on the same route.
bull All tourist buses from Brahmagiri side will be allowed up to Flourish India Parking and their return will be on the same route.
bull All tourist buses from Konark side will be allowed up to Swami Narayan Temple Parking and their return will be on the same route.
bull Regular buses from Bhubaneswar side will be allowed up to Talabania Bus stand via Malatipatapur ROB and their return will be via Balighat Samangara village and Batagaon.
bull Regular buses from Konark side will be allowed up to Talabania Bus stand via Balighai and Baidas Nagar and their return will be on the same route.
bull Regular buses from Brahmagiri side will be allowed up to Talabania Bus stand Mangalaghat Batagaon Malatipatapur ROB and Baidas Nagar and their return will be via Balighat Samangara village and Batagaon.
Four-wheeler light motor vehicles LMVs
All LMVs from Bhubaneswar side will be allowed up to parking places at Talabania side via Malatipatapur ROB Baidas Nagar and Grid Station. They will park their vehicles as per sequence likely OLA guest House Helipad ITI College parking Indoor Stadium Horticulture field Parking and Hygienic Fish Market. After filled up all parking places at Talabania side LMVs will be diverted towards Sterling side parking places via Malatipatapur ndash Batagaon ndash Mangalaghat and Sterling.
LMVs from Konark side will be allowed up to parking places at Talabania side via Balighai Baidas Nagar and Grid Station. They will park their vehicles as per sequence likely OLA guest House Helipad ITI College parking Indoor Stadium Horticulture field Parking and Hygienic Fish Market.
LMVs from Brahmagiri side will be allowed up to parking places at Sterling side via Mangalaghat and Sterling Chhaka. They will park their vehicles as per sequence likely Sterling Chhaka road side Sterling Chhaka Right side Sterling Chhaka Left side parking places and Saha College Parking.
Two-wheelers
Two-wheelers from Bhubaneswar and Brahmagiri side will be allowed up to Old Jagannath Ballav parking on a first-come-first-served priority basis after filling up Old Jagannath Ballav parking Matitota Helipad ground and Matitota Play Ground Parking via Malatipatapur Batagaon and Mangalaghat. Vehicle parked at Old JBPC will return via Jatiababaji Chhaka Kumbharapada PS Atharanala and Batagaon and the vehicles parked at Matitota side they will return via Mangalaghat.
Two-wheelers from Konark side will be allowed up to Blue flag beach and Hotel Neelachal Ashok Parking via Baidas Nagar Grid Station Helipad Penthakata Chhaka CT Road and Subhash Bose Chhaka. These two-wheelers will return on the same route. But no vehicle will be allowed to avail ROB road from Toshali Chhaka.
No Vehicle Zone
bull Entire Grand Road
bull From Light House to Digabareni Chhaka
bull From Subhash Bose Chhaka to Hospital Crossing
bull From Kumbharapada PS to Hospital Crossing
bull Brushav Chhaka to Temple
bull Solakhia Baragachha to Temple
bull Mochisahi Chhaka to Temple
Shuttle Service three-wheelers
Three-wheelers coming from Talabania will proceed to Ghoda Bazar via Water Works Road Odisha Bakery and Ram Mandir. After dropping the passengers they will return via Ram Mandir Shreekhestra Colony and Mangala Mandir to Talabania.
Three-wheelers coming from Malatipatpur side will be allowed up to Atharanala via Batagaon Chhaka. After dropping the passengers they will return via the same route.
Three-wheelers coming from the Brahmagiri side will be allowed up to Sterling via Mangalaghat. After dropping the passengers they will return via the same route.