• Traffic advisory for Martyrs’ Day rally at Esplanade: Curbs from 4am to 9pm on Monday
    Telegraph | 19 July 2025
  • Kolkata Police on Friday announced a slew of traffic restrictions for the Martyrs’ Day rally of the Trinamool Congress at Esplanade on Monday.

    Traffic restrictions


    Movement of vehicles will be regulated along the following roads between 4am and 9pm on Monday:

    Rally routes

    Rallies to head for the venue from nine locations

    Shyambazar five-point crossing

    Route: Bhupen Bose Avenue — Bidhan Sarani — College Street — Nirmal Chandra Street — Ganesh Chandra Avenue — Chittaranjan Avenue

    Howrah bridge

    Route: Strand Road — Kingsway — Plassey Gate Road — Red Road — Mayo Road — New Road — JL Nehru Road — Bentinck Street

    Sealdah station

    Route: AJC Bose Road — Moulali — SN Banerjee Road — Dorina crossing — JL Nehru Road — Bentinck Street

    Hazra crossing

    Route: SP Mukherjee Road — Ashutosh Mukherjee Road — JL Nehru Road

    Girish Park

    Route: Chittaranjan Avenue

    Kolkata railway station

    Route: Roy Charan Sadhukhan Road — RG Kar Road — Shyambazar five-point crossing — Bidhan Sarani — College Street — Nirmal Chandra Street — Ganesh Chandra Avenue — Chittaranjan Avenue

    Khudiram Anushilan Kendra

    Route: Auckland Road — Strand Road — Kingsway — Plassey Gate Road — Kutchha Pathway through Taltala Ground — Red Road — Mayo Road — Dorina Crossing — JL Nehru Road

    Geetanjali stadium

    Route: Rashbehari connector — Hazra crossing — SP Mukherjee Road — Asutosh Mukherjee Road — JL Nehru Road

    Azad Hind Bagh, Hedua

    Route: Bidhan Sarani — College Street — Nirmal Chandra Street — Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road — SN Banerjee Road — Dorina crossing — JL Nehru Road

    Emergency

    City police helpline numbers:

    Distress helpline: 100

    Police control room: 033-22143230

    Traffic control room: 033-22143644
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