PATNA: Patnaites will have to follow strict regulations from Tuesday to Friday as the traffic police have prepared a plan to ensure that there is no congestion on roads and that pandal hoppers move freely.As per the guidelines, the movement of heavy vehicles such as buses and goods carriers will be restricted for four days. Vehicular traffic will also be restricted from Patna Junction , Bhattacharya Road and Kotwali towards Dak Bunglow roundabout as well as from Boring Road to Rajapur, Nala Road to Thakurbari, Bakarganj to Saidpur and Dariyapur to Gola Road, among other areas.Besides, some locations like LIC building to Bata showroom on Fraser Road, area in front of Buddha Smriti Park, Sinha Library Road, the grounds in Patna Science College and Patna College have been earmarked for parking. Routes such as Gandhi Chowk (from west to east) and Gaighat to Patna City have been declared one way to avoid rush on roads.Gandhi Maidan traffic police SHO Ghanshyam Murari said, “There will be special teams to check rash and drunken driving across the city. At least 1,000 traffic police personnel have been deployed to ensure smooth movement of vehicles.”Pandal hoppers have hailed the traffic regulations to be followed during Durga Puja celebrations. “Lakhs of people come to Patna to see pandals and the ‘Ravan vadh’ programme. The step to restrict entry of vehicles on major routes will help ensure traffic snarls,” said Ashok Rajpath resident Pawan Kumar.Meanwhile, Patna district magistrate Kumar Ravi has instructed the traffic department to keep an eye on bikers’ gangs. He has also told them to take strict action against those who do not follow rules.

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