Deputy Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao has issued a notification banning the movement of vehicles on selected roads in the City with immediate effect.

As per the notification, movement of vehicles between Jyothi Circle and Balmatta Circle has been banned. The ban will be in force till the completion of the work.

The vehicular traffic is also banned in: Arya Samaj Road from the City Hospital to Balmatta Circle; heavy vehicles from Horticulture department junction towards Balmatta Circle, and from lower Bendoorwell junction towards Balmatta Circle; all kinds of vehicles from Averi junction towards Jyothi Circle; heavy vehicles on Shanthi Church Road; and all kinds of vehicles from Kankanady to Pumpwell on old Kankanady Road.

Alternative routes
The release informed that buses arriving from B C Road and Talapady route to the City bus stand (State Bank) should take move from Pumpwell Circle via Old Kankanady Road, Kankanady junction, Falnir road, Unity hospital, Averi junction and Hampankatta Circle. Buses coming from Nanthoor to the State Bank Circle should proceed via Mallikatta, Bunts Hostel Circle, part of Jyothi Circle and Hampankatta Circle. However, there will be no change in the route for buses plying from PVS Circle to State Bank. Buses plying from Pumpwell Circle to PVS Circle should proceed via Karavali junction, Bendoorwell junction, St Agnes College Circle, Mallikatta and Bunts Hostel Circle.

Buses from State Bank Circle to Pumpwell Circle should ply via part of Jyothi Circle, Bunts Hostel Circle, Mallikatta, St Agnes College Circle, Bendoorwell junction and Karavali junction. Light motor vehicles from Horticulture department junction and Bendorwell junction towards City bus stand should ply via Shanti Church Road to Falnir Road and divert towards the City bus stand.