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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo credit: PTI)
The move comes as traffic on the Western Express Highway (WEH) and metro service from Versova to Ghatkopar will be affected during Prime Minister Modi’s visit.
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- The police have instructed the offices to close by 12 in the noon
- In view of PM Modi’s visit, a few roads in the area will be closed for vehicular movement
- The traffic police have put in place alternative route arrangements
Many offices in Maharashtra’s Mumbai city on Thursday allowed their employees to work from home ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the financial capital.
The move comes as traffic on the Western Express Highway (WEH) and metro service from Versova to Ghatkopar will be affected during Prime Minister Modi’s visit, Times of India reported.
The police have instructed the offices to close by 12 in the noon.
In view of the Prime Minister’s visit, a few roads in the area will be closed for vehicles, while traffic will be diverted on some other routes, police said.
“The city traffic police have made elaborate arrangements in view of PM Modi’s visit as traffic has been diverted on some routes, while some roads are shut temporarily,” an official said.
An order issued by the traffic police said, “A large number of people from Mumbai and other cities in Maharashtra are expected to attend PM Modi’s programme on Thursday. Therefore, between 12.00 and 21.00 hours, entry of heavy vehicles on all roads in the area, including the Western Express Highway, shall be banned. However, ambulances, school buses and other buses have been exempted from this restriction.”
The vehicles from WEH, Bandra-Worli Sea Link going via BKC premises towards Kurla shall take a road to MMRDA junction and proceed via Dharavi T Junction towards Kurla and Eastern Express Highway, the traffic police said.
The traffic police have put in place alternative route arrangements.
“Vehicles proceeding through Eastern Express Highway from Chunabhatti through BKC connector shall proceed through NSE Junction-Income Tax junction-family court junction and then through MMRDA junction to their desired destination,” an official added.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to attend a function to be held on the MMRDA grounds in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), an upscale commercial hub. He is set to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a string of projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore during his visit. He will dedicate to the nation the Mumbai Metro Rail Lines 2A and 7.
(With inputs from PTI)
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