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This New Year Eve, the city will see unprecedented restrictions and traffic curbs. All flyovers, except the Begumpet one, will be closed for traffic on December 31 from 10 pm to 2 am. Nasscom has also chipped in and issued an advisory to all IT and BPO units asking their employees to adhere to norms and not violate motor vehicle rules.

Of late, IT and BPO employees have been involved in a number of road accidents. To reduce drunken drivingrelated accidents, the city police had written to Nasscom to issue an advisory to IT/BPO units.

All roads abutting Hussain Sagar, Necklace road, Upper Tank Bund, NTR Marg, would also remain closed for traffic from 10 pm to 2 am. Check units comprising of constables and Home Guards would be posted at 57 check posts in the city and outskirts. These check posts would be armed with video cameras to capture offences on film. The personnel at check points would note down the vehicle numbers and challans would be dispatched to their homes on Jan. 1. Special focus would be on roads leading to Gandipet and Medchal, where many resorts and entertainment centres are located.

• Traffic coming from Viswesvaraya statue towards Necklace road and NTR Marg will be diverted at Viswesvaraya statue towards Khairatabad and Raj Bhavan road.
• Traffic coming from BRK Bhavan towards NTR Marg will be diverted to Iqbal Minar, Lakdi-ka-Pul and Ayodhya hotel road.
• Vehicles coming from Liberty junction going to Secunderabad will be diverted from MCH office ‘Y’ junction towards BRK Bhavan, Telugu Talli flyover, Iqbal Minar, Ravindra Bharati, Lakdi-ka-Pul and Ayodhya road.
• Traffic from Khairatabad market and going to Necklace rotary will be diverted to Meera talkies lane.
• Mint compound lane will be closed for all motorists.
• Traffic coming from Nallagutta railway bridge towards Sanjeevaiah park and Necklace road will not be allowed and diverted towards Karbala Maidan or Minister’s road from 5 pm onwards.
• Traffic coming from Secunderabad and going towards Liberty or Iqbal Minar will be diverted at Sailing Club towards Kavadiguda crossroads, lower Tank Bund, Kattamaisamma temple, Ashok Nagar and RTC crossroads.

Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com (Hyderabad Edition)
Date Of Publish: 29-Dec-06

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