• By Imran Zafar
  • Sat, 03 Aug 2024 11:00 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Agra Traffic Advisory: Vehicular movement on MG Road will be diverted for three months due to the construction of a new metro station between St John's Chowk and Raja Mandi Chowk. This construction will limit road space to just five meters on both sides for a 55-meter stretch, allowing passage only for cars and two-wheelers. City buses will not operate along this route and heavy vehicles will be barred from entering at night while government vehicles, autos and e-rickshaws will follow the altered routes.

Agra Traffic Diversion  

- Buses and large vehicles are prohibited from approaching Raja Mandi from SN Emergency.

- Passenger buses and municipal trucks are not permitted to move towards St John's from Hariparvat intersection.

- To reach St John's intersection and Hariparvat, vehicles will be rerouted from Subhash Park via Panchkuian.

- Vehicles from Pachkuian will head towards St John's and Madia Katra from Kothi Meena Bazaar, Loha Mandi intersection.

- For travelling from Hariparvat to Subhash Park, large and commercial vehicles will use the route via Delhi Gate, Agrasen Statue, Madia Katra, Tota Ka Tal, Loha Mandi, Kothi Meena Bazaar and Taj Motors via Panchkuian.

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To manage the new traffic system, 120 police personnel, including 16 traffic sub-inspectors, 35 constables, and 70 home guards, will be deployed, along with 20 metro marshals who will assist in managing the changed traffic routes. 

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ACP Traffic Syed Areeb Ahmed stated that the metro station tunnel construction in Agra College Ground on MG Road is complete and elevated metro construction will commence on August 7. About one lakh vehicles use MG Road daily, necessitating these traffic management measures.