Hyderabad City Police Commissioner A K Khan on Tuesday imposed traffic restrictions in the city in view of the new year celebrations on the night of Dec 31st and January 1st, 2011. The following traffic restrictions are imposed for vehicular traffic around the Hussain Sagar lake.
Vehicular traffic will not be allowed on the NTR Marg, Necklace Road and Upper Tankbund from 2200 hrs to 0200 hrs on Dec 31st and January 1st, 2011.
Commuters are requested to take the following alternate routes: vehicular traffic coming from V.V.statue towards Necklace Road and NTR Marg will be diverted at the V.V. statue towards Khairatabad and Rajbhavan road.
Vehicular traffic coming from BRK Bhavan towards NTR Marg will be diverted towards Iqbal Minar, Lakadikapul, Ayodhya. Vehicular traffic coming from Liberty Jn. towards Secunderabad will be diverted at the MCH Office Y Jn towards BRK Bhavan, Telugu Talli, Iqbal Minar, Ravindra Bharathi, Lakdikapul and Ayodhya.
Vehicular traffic coming from Khairatabad Market to go towards Necklace Rotary will be diverted at Khairatabad towards Meera Talkies lane. The Mint compound lane adjacent to Secretariat will be closed for general vehicular traffic.
Vehicular traffic coming from Nallagutta Railway Bridge will not be allowed towards Sanjeevaiah Park and Necklace Road, and will be diverted towards Karbala Maidan or Ministers Road.
Vehicular traffic coming from Secunderabad will be diverted at the Sailing Club towards Kavadiguda X Roads, Lower Tankbund, Kattamaisamma Temple, Ashok Nagar and RTC X Roads.
Khan said that the traffic police will undertake extensive checks to curb drunken driving, rash and negligent driving, over speeding, triple riding on two-wheelers, and other traffic violations in the interest of public order and safety.
He appealed to the people to co-operate with the police personnel on duty.