Kolkata, Jul 21 (PTI) Traffic in and around Kolkata was managed well, with no jams reported, on Monday when lakhs of people assembled in the city to attend the ruling TMC’s Martyrs’ Day rally, a senior police officer said.
The Kolkata Police implemented a slew of traffic measures, especially in the central part of the city, following the Calcutta High Court order to ensure undisturbed traffic movement on July 21, the officer said.
“We ensured that the Calcutta High Court order was properly followed to maintain smooth traffic without any disruption due to the rally. There was not a single report of any traffic jam from any part of the city and its surrounding areas,” the officer of Kolkata Traffic Police told PTI.
Extra forces and civic volunteers under senior officers were deployed to ensure that the traffic was properly maintained, he said, adding that the measures taken in this regard paid off.
The Kolkata Police on Saturday launched three helplines for common people facing problems in travelling on July 21.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, after reviewing arrangements on Saturday, said that the force would do everything possible to comply with the high court directives on the TMC’s rally on July 21.
The Calcutta High Court had directed that all processions for the rally will be allowed till 8 am within the Kolkata Police jurisdiction on Monday.
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed that from 9 am to 11 am, the police will ensure there is no traffic congestion on roads leading to the high court and within 5 km of the central business district.
The processions can continue thereafter from 11 am, he directed.
The annual rally commemorates the death of Youth Congress workers allegedly in police firing in 1993. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was then the leader of the Youth Congress and was leading the demonstration, which came under police firing. PTI SCH NN
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