The Mumbai Police on Monday stated site visitors restrictions will likely be in place in numerous components of the town throughout Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations ranging from September 19, however there will likely be no curbs on autos supplying important commodities. The town witnesses heavy crowds throughout idol immersion processions, which happen on completely different days of the pageant ranging from the second day.

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In the course of the immersion procession, devotees from everywhere in the metropolis and likewise exterior come to witness the grand occasion, resulting in a surge in pedestrian and vehicular site visitors. A site visitors division official stated that this street scenario could also be aggravated by the plying of heavy autos and personal buses. 

Due to this fact, some site visitors preparations have been made for heavy autos and personal buses from September 19 to 29, the official stated as per information company PTI.

There shall be a whole restriction on the motion of all forms of heavy autos and personal buses in south Mumbai on September 21, 24, 26, and 29, stated the official. On different days between September 19 and 29, heavy autos are allowed to ply in south Mumbai between 00:00 hours and 07:00 hours. 

In Larger Mumbai (apart from areas below south Mumbai), there shall be full restrictions on the motion of heavy autos and personal buses from 1100 hours to 0100 hours the following day on September 20, 23, and 25. 

Additional, there will likely be restrictions on motion of those autos on September 28 from 10:00 hours to 06:00 hours the following day. Nevertheless, important service-providing autos similar to these supplying greens, milk, bakery merchandise, consuming water, petroleum merchandise, ambulances, authorities and semi-government autos, and faculty buses are exempted from restrictions. 

All non-public buses getting into and leaving Mumbai and heavy autos, together with those exempted from curbs, shall solely be parked at their privately owned areas or rented areas or on licensed pay heaps. Parking of those autos on roads shall be completely prohibited.

(With inputs from PTI)