Puri: Keeping in mind an expected large congregation of devotees for Sunabesha of the sibling deities on Bada Danda (Grand Road) in Puri on July 17 (tomorrow), the district administration today issued a Traffic Mobility Plan to facilitate smooth Darshan during the ritual in the pilgrim town.

Details of the Traffic Mobility Plan are:

Inter-State Tourist Buses, Reserve Buses etc-

  • All Inter-State Tourist Buses, Tourist Buses within the State and Reserve Buses coming from BBSR side towards Puri will stop and park at Malatipatpur Bus Stand. Their return will be on the same route via Satyabadi, Pipili, and Uttara.
  • Reserve/ Tourist Buses coming from Konark side will park at Nagapatna Parking and return will be on the same route.
  • Reserve/ Tourist Buses coming from Brahmagiri side will be allowed up to Flourish India near Mangalaghat Chowk and return will be on the same route.

Regular Passenger Buses coming from Bhubaneswar side-

Local passenger carrying Buses/ Canters/ MO Bus and OSRTC buses will not be allowed to come to Municipality Bus Stand, Puri. All these regular passenger carrying buses coming from BBSR side will be allowed up to Talabania temporary Bus Stand via Malatipatapur ROB, Baidas Nagar Chowk, Grid Station Chowk and Bhudan Chowk.

Return Route Plan-

The Regular plying Buses will avail the return route from Talabania Temporary Bus Stand, Central School Chowk, Bhudan Chowk, Grid Station Chowk, Balighat, Gopalpur, Samangara village, Biraharekrushnapur Bazaar and Batagaon then on NH-316.

Regular Passenger Buses coming from Brahmagiri side-

All regular passenger buses coming from Brahmagiri side will ply up to Talabania Parking Place via Malatipatapur ROB, Baidas Nagar, Grid Station Chowk and Bhudan Chowk and will return from Talabania temporary Bus Stand, Central School Chowk, Bhudan Chowk, Grid Station Chowk, Balighat, Gopalpur, Samangara village, Biraharekrushnapur Bazaar and Batagaon.

Regular Passenger Buses coming from Konark side-

The regular passenger carrying buses coming from Konark side will be diverted to Talabania Parking Place via Grid Station Crossing and will return in the same route.

Light Vehicles of without Pass Holders-

  • Light vehicles coming to Puri on NH-316 will be diverted from Malatipatapur to parking places at University Campus, ITI Parking, Helipad and via Bhudan Chowk, Indoor stadium via ROB to Grid Station via Baidas Nagar Chowk and Talabania.
  • When both the Sanskrit University Campus and ITI Parking will get filled, the light vehicles will be parked in the Indoor Stadium Parking and Helipad Parking, Fish Market near Talabania PS and Horticulture Parking.
  • Light vehicles coming from Konark side will avail the same route to & fro. When the vehicles reach Toshali Sands Crossing on Marine Drive Road, they will be allowed to ITI Parking Place and Helipad Parking Place on first come first avail basis.
  • Light vehicles coming from Brahmagiri side to Puri will be diverted from Mangalaghat Chowk to the Yatrika Parking Place, Nali field near Light house Chowk.

Samanga 4-wheeler Parking-

In case of heavy influx of LMV from Bhubaneswar side then all the light vehicles will be allowed to park at Samanga Parking via Malatipatpur, Batagaon, Shree Setu diversion point, Mangalaghat and the entry point of Samanga Parking. Return of the vehicles will be on the same way.

Return Route-Plan-

  • All light vehicles will return from their respective Parking Places via ITI, PKRIT, Central School Grid Station Chowk, Balighat, Biraharekrushnapur, Batagaon and to NH-316 (Puri-Bhubaneswar).
  • In case of congestion on NH 316, all the light vehicles will be diverted from Grid Station Chowk via Balighai-Nagapatana–Gop–Nimapara–Pipili.
  • The vehicles will return to Konark via ITI Chaka, PKRIT, Central School, Grid Station Chowk, Baliguali, Nagapatana and Toshali Sands on Puri-Konark Marine Drive Road.
  • Light vehicles from Yatrika Parking returning to Brahmagiri side will be diverted from Mangalaghat Chowk.

Light Vehicles of Pass Holders-

  • The light vehicles having car passes coming on NH-316 will be diverted at Batagaon and allowed to park at JBPC Parking Place via Shree Setu. This Parking place will be filled on first come first avail basis.
  • After filling up JBPC Parking, the light vehicles having car passes coming on NH-316 will be allowed to park at Gadadhar High School via Mangalaghat, Sterlin Chowk, Coco-palm, Brushava Chowk.
  • After filling up Lokanath Parking, all vehicles will be parked at Yatrika Parking and Nali field parking. They will return on the same way.
  • The dead body carrying vehicle with one more accompanying vehicle can only be allowed up to Swargadwar on the same route which has been earmarked for the pass holder light vehicle and will return as per the route prescribed for pass holders.

Two-Wheelers coming from Bhubaneswar side-

The two-wheelers coming on NH-316 will be allowed to park at Old JBPC Parking Place via Malatipatapur, Batagoan, Shree Setu and Devi Ghat. When Old JBPC parking is filled, then 2-wheelers will be parked at Matitota. The vehicles parked at Old JBPC will return via Jatia Baba Chowk, Kumbharapda PS, Atharanala, Charinala, Batagaon. The vehicles parked at Matitota will return via Bypass Road towards Batagaon.

Two-Wheelers coming from Brahmagiri side-

Two wheelers coming from Brahmagiri side will be parked at Old JBPC Parking Place and Matitota Parking Place as per availability. During return they will avail the same route.

Two-Wheelers coming from Konark side-

The two wheelers coming from Konark side will be parked at Blue Flag Beach Parking via Grid Station, CT Road and Subash Bose Chowk. When the Blue Flag Beach Parking will get filled, then two-wheelers will be allowed to park at Hotel Nilachal Ashok Parking and back side of Holiday Resort. But no vehicle will be allowed to avail ROB road from Toshali Chowk.

Shuttle Service Route lining-

  • All shuttle services (Auto Rickshaw) will avail the route line from Talabania to Ram Mandir Chowk via Sadar Block Office and Odisha Bakery Chowk.
  • Their return will be allowed from Ram Mandir Chowk to Talabania via Shreekhetra Colony and Mangala Temple.
  • Another shuttle service will be available from Malatipatapur Bus Stand to Atharanala and the return route will be the same.
  • Some designated shuttle buses will be allowed to and fro movement from Subas Bose Chowk to Light House Chowk.

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