Cricket fans may have had a harrowing time buying tickets for the match between India and South Africa on Tuesday. But traffic police officials assure that there would be no bottlenecks and snarls on Wardha Road on Saturday when thousands of fans would take the national highway to go to VCA's Jamtha stadium to witness what promises to be an enthralling encounter.
Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Sahebrao Patil and superintendent of police (Rural) C H Wakde said that for the first time, both the city and rural traffic police have jointly made elaborate traffic arrangements to ensure smooth flow of vehicular traffic around the stadium. Around 700 police personnel would be deployed on the stretch from Chhattrapati Square to Jamtha stadium. "India did not feature in the previous World Cup matches at Jamtha. So there wasn't a major crowd problem. But on March 12, we expect a huge crowd. We have made extra arrangements," Patil told TOI.
However, the main challenge before the rural and city traffic cops will be Chinchbhuvan RoB and in front of LPG bottling plant in Khapri. Patil said two cranes would be deployed on either side of the RoB and another at the octroi post to ensure quick removal of vehicles if they get stuck on the bridge due to technical snag or accidents. Besides, four ambulances will also be deployed en route to the stadium.
Another challenge for the rural police will be near the Mihan flyover where the road has become narrow due to construction work. A senior cop from rural police ruled out the possibility of a bottleneck here. He said that overtaking on this patch would be prohibited. Similarly, huge number of cops would be deployed there.
Diversions: Moreover, to ease congestion on NH-7, the traffic police have also decided to divert traffic for fans on way to the stadium. Fans from north and east Nagpur have been appealed to use the Besa substation road for Jamtha, while on Wardha road, two-wheeler traffic would be diverted from Shivangaon. Similar traffic arrangements would be in placed after the match, said the DCP.
Closed for heavy vehicles: Movement of heavy vehicles from Chhattrapati square to Wardha Road will be banned from 9am to 1am. Vehicular traffic coming from Wardha side will be diverted to the bypass to proceed for their onward journey. No vehicle will be allowed to be parked on both the NH-7 on the match day and vehicles parked on this road will be towed away and action taken as per law, said the DCP.
Use public transport: Most fans use their own vehicles to travel to the stadium. The traffic DCP has urged them to instead take Starbuses that will ply in large numbers to ferry fans to the stadium. About a 100 special buses will ply from the city to the ODI venue, said Mahesh Kandalkar, manager of Vansh Nimay Infraprojects, which runs the city bus service. However, Kandalkar admitted fewer bus services would be available for coming back. He assured that this time, fans will not face any inconvenience.
Rohit Patil, who has attended almost every cricket match played at Jamtha, had faced hardships during the last match played in Jamtha. However, this failed to deter Patil from watching the India-SA match. Patil said that this time he would prefer his own transport to reach the venue.
Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Sahebrao Patil and superintendent of police (Rural) C H Wakde said that for the first time, both the city and rural traffic police have jointly made elaborate traffic arrangements to ensure smooth flow of vehicular traffic around the stadium. Around 700 police personnel would be deployed on the stretch from Chhattrapati Square to Jamtha stadium. "India did not feature in the previous World Cup matches at Jamtha. So there wasn't a major crowd problem. But on March 12, we expect a huge crowd. We have made extra arrangements," Patil told TOI.
However, the main challenge before the rural and city traffic cops will be Chinchbhuvan RoB and in front of LPG bottling plant in Khapri. Patil said two cranes would be deployed on either side of the RoB and another at the octroi post to ensure quick removal of vehicles if they get stuck on the bridge due to technical snag or accidents. Besides, four ambulances will also be deployed en route to the stadium.
Another challenge for the rural police will be near the Mihan flyover where the road has become narrow due to construction work. A senior cop from rural police ruled out the possibility of a bottleneck here. He said that overtaking on this patch would be prohibited. Similarly, huge number of cops would be deployed there.
Diversions: Moreover, to ease congestion on NH-7, the traffic police have also decided to divert traffic for fans on way to the stadium. Fans from north and east Nagpur have been appealed to use the Besa substation road for Jamtha, while on Wardha road, two-wheeler traffic would be diverted from Shivangaon. Similar traffic arrangements would be in placed after the match, said the DCP.
Closed for heavy vehicles: Movement of heavy vehicles from Chhattrapati square to Wardha Road will be banned from 9am to 1am. Vehicular traffic coming from Wardha side will be diverted to the bypass to proceed for their onward journey. No vehicle will be allowed to be parked on both the NH-7 on the match day and vehicles parked on this road will be towed away and action taken as per law, said the DCP.
Use public transport: Most fans use their own vehicles to travel to the stadium. The traffic DCP has urged them to instead take Starbuses that will ply in large numbers to ferry fans to the stadium. About a 100 special buses will ply from the city to the ODI venue, said Mahesh Kandalkar, manager of Vansh Nimay Infraprojects, which runs the city bus service. However, Kandalkar admitted fewer bus services would be available for coming back. He assured that this time, fans will not face any inconvenience.
Rohit Patil, who has attended almost every cricket match played at Jamtha, had faced hardships during the last match played in Jamtha. However, this failed to deter Patil from watching the India-SA match. Patil said that this time he would prefer his own transport to reach the venue.
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