Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter Hyderabad on Tuesday. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi with hundreds of party leaders and workers will walk.
Joint commissioner of police (traffic) A V Ranganath advised people to avoid all roads in a 3 km radius of the march route. Traffic is diverted in many areas and restrictions have been imposed at the heart of Hyderabad for Tuesday.
Bharat Jodo Yatra Hyderabad- Shamshabad to Charminar
According to the schedule, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra moves from Shamshabad to Charminar and then Necklace Road. Rahul Gandhi will march from Tondupalli in Shamshabad at 6am. Then proceed to Charminar by 3pm via Aramghar, National Police Academy, Hasan Nagar and Legacy Function Hall. Later he will proceed to a grand public meeting at Necklace Road in the evening. The restrictions will be effective till 9pm.
Traffic restrictions
Meanwhile, the Cyberabad police have also issued traffic restrictions and diversions between 6am and 10am at the Tondupally tollgate. The traffic coming from Bengaluru to Hyderabad. The vehicles will be diverted to the city via Gaganpahad.
After a walk in the morning from the Matha temple in Shamshabad to reach the Bahadurpura police station limits. Gandhi’s convoy will pass through the Legacy Function Hall junction, Bahadurpura crossroad and Purana Pul to reach Charminar. Thereafter, the yatris will march to Necklace Road in the afternoon. He is expected to hoist the national flag at Charminar around 4.30pm.
Route map
According to the Indian Express, the yatra is scheduled to cover about 8km from Hussainialam, Charminar, Madina Circle, Afzalgunj, Moazam Jahi Market, Gandhi Bhavan, Nampally, Public Garden, Assembly, Ravindra Bharathi, Reserve Bank of India, Iqbal Minar rotary, Telugu Thalli flyover junction, NTR Garden to the Indira Gandhi Statue and the IMAX Circle.
Apparently, this will cause traffic congestion in the city and vehicular traffic will be diverted at important junctions. Moreover, A V Ranganath, joint commissioner of police (traffic) suggested people to avoid all roads in a 3km radius of the march route, between 3pm and 9pm.
Buses
Given the walkathon, the state-run TSRTC buses from Secunderabad to Koti, Afzagunj to Secunderabad, Maithrivanam to MGBS, Charminar to Necklace Road etc will be diverted to avoid the route of the march. Ranganath advised the public to use Hyderabad Metro or MMTS trains or take alternative routes to avoid the traffic congestion points.
Places to avoid
The public has been advised to avoid Pattarghatti, Rajesh Medical Hall, Charminar, Madina, Puranapul, 2J Bus Stop Jiyaguda, Afzalgunj T Junction, Afzalgunj Island, SJ Rotary, MJ Bridge, MJ Market, Gandhi Bhavan, Taj Island, Nampally T Junction, AR Petrol Pump, Public Garden, Assembly, Ravindrabharathi, Basheerbagh, Liberty, LB Stadium, G P O, Abids, Nizam College, Hyderabad Collector Office, Narayanaguda, Saifabad, Iqbal Minar, Telugu Thalli Junction, Khairatabad, Tankbund, Necklace Road, Mint compound, Ranigunj, Karbala Junction, C.T.O junction, Paradise, Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda, Greenlands, Hyderabad Public School, Rasoolpura, Bowenpally, Balamrai, Tadbund between 3pm and 10pm.
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