The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Government authorities have imposed restrictions on vehicular movement on some city roads for 24 hours from 6:00pm Saturday for safe movement of musullis during the Biswa Ijtema beginning on the bank of river Turag at Tongi on Friday. The police restrictions have been imposed on routes from Pragati Sarani Crossing-Tongi-Gazipur crossing, Abdullahpur-Ashulia-Baipail crossing, Mirpur road to Beribadh road, Mirpur Zoo-Beribadh and Pallabi Eastern Housing-Beribadh road.

Ghorashal-Markul road via Kaliganj-Pubail will remain open for traffic during the period.

Drivers of Dhaka-bound transport from Ghorashal on Dhaka-Sylhet highway have been asked to use Kanchpur/Jatrabari road instead of that route.

All vehicles but fire-brigade vans, ambulances and those carrying the residents of Uttara, air-passengers and crews have been asked to take Mirpur-Savar road as alternative to the New Airport Road. The musullis who will go to Ijtema on foot will have to use Airport Golchattar-Azampur-Abdullahpur and seven baily bridges set up on the Turag river or Kamranga bridge, avoiding the Tongi Bridge. "All devotees have been asked to leave their vehicles on the selected parking spots," an official order said Wednesday. The division-wise parking places are: open place of Nikunja-1 residential area, field (Partial) in front of RAJUK College at Uttara Sector-6 for Sylhet, and both sides of Rabindra Sarani at sector-7 for Barisal, Sonargaon road in Sector-9 for Dhaka, Gausul Azam and Garib-e Newaj Road at Sector 13 for Chittagong, both sides of roads at sector 10 and 11 for Khulna, Kamarpara housing ground and open place at Sector-10 for Rajshahi and place near Ashulia Dhour bridges for Barisal division.

The selected parking places for Gazipur are: Chandna High School ground, K-2/Navy Cigarette factory compound, Kaderia Textile Mills compound, Bhawal Badre Alam College premises and Gazipur Chaurasta truck terminal.

Other parking places of Dhaka district are Ashulia cattle market, Ashulia College ground, Ashulia High School ground and open place of Basundhara Group at Baipail, said a press release. All transport movement will be suspended on Airport road and Dhour bridge via Abdullahpur while VIPs will cross the areas. No transport will be allowed to park on both sides of the route from Mohakhali crossing to Gazipur crossing via Tongi, Baipail from Abdullahpur and Maddhya Badda Government Primary School to Pragati sarani crossing.

Police headquarters sought "all-out cooperation of the people in maintaining discipline in transport movement, avoiding traffic jam and ensuring smooth movement of the musullis".