Kanwar Yatra traffic plan: Roorkee-Haridwar highway to become one way after August 5
Police have prepared two traffic plans for the journey of Kanwar yatra. In the first phase, roadways buses will come from the prescribed route. After the arrival of the Kanwar vehicles, the second plan of traffic will be implemented from August 5. The highway will be one-way in Roorkee.
Shravan Month Kanwar Yatra is starting from 28th July. There is a growing number of Shiv devotees every year in Kanwar Yatra. Kanwar vehicles alongwith pedestrians are also increasing steadily. In this way traffic operations become the biggest problem. Two plans of traffic control have been prepared during the journey by the police. The first plan will be implemented from July 28 to August 4. Pedestrian devotees will go through the canal route only. In this period, roadways buses will run from the highway. But in Haridwar, their parking will be in the Rishikul Maidan. Post August 4,when Kanwar vehicles will start coming. The actual examination of the police occurs during this time. The second plan has been prepared for 5 to 9 August. Buses coming from Delhi-Meerut-Rajasthan to Haridwar will reach Meerapura, Bijnor, Chidiyapur, Niladhara, Haridwar.
Vehicles coming from Mussafarnagar will reach Haridwar via Narsan trijunction, Lakhnauta, Puhana, MH chowk Roorkee and Laksar. Police say that the post Kanwar vehicles will be sent to Narsan from Landhaura, Laxar. The police say the highway will not be closed. It will be one-way.
Private vehicles coming from Haridwar will come from canal tracks. After August 5, the pressure of the devotees on the canal track will be reduced. Roadways buses coming from Haridwar will come straight. In Roorkee city and in the rural areas it will run normally. Police say that the second phase of the traffic will be applied at any time if the crowds grow.
People are troubled even after the claim
Although the police may claim that the highway will be open, but it is difficult to get to the streets of the city in the last two-three days of the Kanwar yatra. The highways are full of devotees. It is also difficult to cross the highway in the city. People have to work hard to move from one place to another in the city. The police say that only after the construction of Bypass from Bijauli this problem can be solved in Roorkee city. Due to no alternate route, there is full pressure on the highway only.
