City police issues guidelines for traffic movement
The Statesman | 20 July 2025
In compliance with the order of the Calcutta High Court imposing strict restrictions on Trinamul Congress’s annual Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July, the Kolkata Police, on Saturday, has come out with a detailed guideline on traffic restrictions in the city on that day.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma told the Media that the police authorities are especially vigilant about that part of the Calcutta High Court directing the city police chief to personally ensure that there would be no traffic congestion during the period from 9 to 11 a.m.
Identifying the two hours as the peak office hours, the single-judge Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, on Friday, barred the movements of different processions of TMC workers marching towards the main rally venue between 9 and 11 a.m.
On Saturday, Mr Verma issued a helpline number 9830811111 and 9830010000, which could be used to register any traffic-related grievances on that day for citizens.
He also said that additional police personnel would be deployed on Monday during the rally to help people register traffic-related grievances.
“A coordination meeting was held with police commissionerates adjacent to Kolkata and the traffic police department to chalk out plans to keep the city congestion-free during the political event. We have already communicated the Calcutta High Court order to our senior officers and departments concerned. We have already held a meeting with the traffic police department officers and other police commissionaires in this matter. We are taking all kinds of preparations to comply with the court order,” Mr Verma added.
“We are hopeful that everything will be alright and we will be able to comply with the court order,” Verma said.