President Parnab Mukherjee

Roads to avoid on Tuesday

Traffic police said they have banned parking on the roads that the President is likely to take while attending the various events lined upTraffic may go for a toss on Monday and Tuesday around central business district ashits the city to attend a slew of events.Traffic jams are witnesses every day in CBD due to protests, processions and road blocking, and the restrictions put in place due to the President’s visit does not bode well for the thousands of commuters who will be using the busy roads in the area.Traffic police said they have banned parking on the roads that the President is likely to take while attending the various events lined up for him. The ban will last from morning till night.They suggest the public to use alternatives roads to avoid getting stuck in snarl-ups.Traffic police asked the public to bear with the inconvenience as they have to follow security protocol of blocking traffic on roads when the president is moving around.“We don’t have any other option for VIP movements. Commuters have to bear with us for some time,” a senior officer said.Additional commissioner of police (traffic) M A Saleem: “We will do our best to ensure the public is inconvenienced as little as possible for two days. On Monday, there should hardly be any trouble as the President’s movement will all be before 5pm, i.e. before peak-hour traffic begins. On Tuesday too, he will be travelling to HAL airport to leave for Kalburagi by 7.45 am, and will return around 2.30 pm in the afternoon before peak-hour traffic begins. The rest of his visit will revolve around the Vidhan Soudha and Raj Bhavan. We have suggested alternate routes for the public to use but there should hardly be any problems. Those going to KIA will be unaffected, but commuters returning to the city from KIA may face a bit of trouble; hence we have advised them to use Hennur main road and Outer Ring Road as alternatives.”Motorists are advised to avoid Bellary Road from Yelahanka Airforce Station till Cauvery junction. Restrictions continue on Millars Road from LRDE till Rajbhavan and on Devarajurs Road from Basaveshwara circle till West gate of Vidhana Soudha. Dr Ambedkar Road too will be off limits from Vidhana Soudha till Police Timmaiah circle.* Legislative Home Road, Palace Road, T Choudaiah Road, Ramanamaharshi Road and Bellary Yalahanka Air Force Station. * Also keep away from Old Airport Road from HAL Airport till Trinity Circle. Restriction continue on MG Road, Web junction, Manipal Centre and Dickenson Road. * On Cubbon Road from Manipal centre till BRV junction, on Central Street from BRV junction till Anil Kumble circle and Queens circle. * From Queens circle till CTO junction and Rajbhavan, Ali Askar Road, Infantry Road and TMC. On Kasturba Gandhi road from Queens Circle till Siddalingaiah circle, Mallya Hospital Road till RMR junction, Richmond circle and Shanthinagar junction. * On Rajaram Mohan Roy Road, from Richmond circle to Shanthinagar junction. It starts on KH Road till KH circle, on Dr Marigowda Road till Madiwala check post, on Sarjapur Road till Water Tank junction, on Inner Ring road, Koramangala till Indiranagar 100 Feet road junction.