The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has restricted traffic movement on certain roads for two days on July 25 and 26 as part of the unprecedented security measures to protect the foreign VVIPs who have come to participate in the international conference on autism, and to ensure free movement for all the other foreign participants.
The streets adjacent to the conference venue and the hotels of the delegates, and the streets which they will use, have been included in the restriction. The Special Branch, however, will issue special passes for some vehicles to ply those streets.
The DMP has restricted vehicular movement on the roads that stretch from Sonargaon Hotel to Farmgate to Bijay Sarani to Ganabhaban to Gabtoli as the distinguished guests will visit the National Monument in Savar at 8:00am today. Besides, traffic movement on the road that stretches from Gabtoli to Mirpur Road will be restricted for two hours from 9:00am as they will place floral wreaths before the portrait of Bangabandhu.
The DMP has restricted traffic movement on the roads that stretches from Ruposhi Bangla to Kakrail Mosque to High Court to Zero Point to Bangabhaban between 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Monday.
Besides, the roads stretching from Bangabhaban to Zero Point to Hare Road to Ruposhi Bangla Hotel to Mohakhali to the airport will remain off-limits to vehicles from 7:00pm.
On July 26, traffic movement on the roads stretching from Bangabhaban to Zero Point to Shiksha Bhaban to High Court to Ruposhi Bangla Hotel to Hotel Sonargaon Crossing to Russel Square to Mohakhali to Dhanmondi Abahoni Field and Shishu Academy and adjoining areas will remain off-limits between 3:00pm and 5:00pm, said the DMP.
The traffic department of the DMP has also requested the city dwellers to use alternative roads during the time. Besides, it has also requested the pedestrians to avoid those roads and their footpaths.
Source : New Age
