BHUBANESWAR: The commissionerate police has decided to impose blanket ban on marriage processions on some arterial routes here from January 1. A notification to this effect could be issued inside of a day or two, police assets said.
Contacted by means of TOI, commissioner of police Y B Khurania confirmed the advance. The arterial routes that will stay off limits to marriage processions are Airport—AG Square, Raj Bhawan—Jayadev Vihar, Jayadev Vihar—Nandankanan, AG Square—Acharya Vihar, Sishu Bhawan—Master Canteen and Vani Vihar—Master Canteen, police said.
Khurania attributed the reason for introducing the restriction to heavy site visitors jams all over motion of the marriage processions. "We have been receiving complaints from several quarters about massive inconvenience caused to commuters due to movement of marriage processions on the busy routes. To ensure public order and safety of citizens, we have decided to impose the ban," Khurania advised TOI.
The restriction is likely to impact nearly fifteen hotels and marriage mandaps which might be located on such routes. "We feel it is a very harsh decision by the police. Our business will be affected. Common citizens are also going to suffer as the ban will take the sheen off their wedding parties," said Pankaj Swain, manager of a non-public hotel close to Jayadev Vihar.
Wedding planners too are anxious so much. "Police should have thought of alternate traffic arrangements instead of restricting marriage processions, which are integral part of wedding. We request the police to reconsider its decision," said Anubhav Pandey, a marriage planner.
Every year the commissionerate police grants permission for over 500 marriages out of which nearly 200 are in most cases observed on the arterial routes. Most of the wedding processions are in most cases taken out in afternoon and night. At present, musical processions are banned after 10 pm in the city. "We do not think a lot of hotels or mandaps are located on such routes. Most of the hotels are located on by-lanes, connecting the arterial roads. People can take out their processions inside the by-lanes," any other police officer said.
Recently, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposed to impose levy of Rs 5,000 on marriage procession in view of air pollution led to all over such actions. The proposal sparked popular resentment amongst locals, prompting the civic body to put on grasp its proposal in the interim.
Contacted by means of TOI, commissioner of police Y B Khurania confirmed the advance. The arterial routes that will stay off limits to marriage processions are Airport—AG Square, Raj Bhawan—Jayadev Vihar, Jayadev Vihar—Nandankanan, AG Square—Acharya Vihar, Sishu Bhawan—Master Canteen and Vani Vihar—Master Canteen, police said.
Khurania attributed the reason for introducing the restriction to heavy site visitors jams all over motion of the marriage processions. "We have been receiving complaints from several quarters about massive inconvenience caused to commuters due to movement of marriage processions on the busy routes. To ensure public order and safety of citizens, we have decided to impose the ban," Khurania advised TOI.
The restriction is likely to impact nearly fifteen hotels and marriage mandaps which might be located on such routes. "We feel it is a very harsh decision by the police. Our business will be affected. Common citizens are also going to suffer as the ban will take the sheen off their wedding parties," said Pankaj Swain, manager of a non-public hotel close to Jayadev Vihar.
Wedding planners too are anxious so much. "Police should have thought of alternate traffic arrangements instead of restricting marriage processions, which are integral part of wedding. We request the police to reconsider its decision," said Anubhav Pandey, a marriage planner.
Every year the commissionerate police grants permission for over 500 marriages out of which nearly 200 are in most cases observed on the arterial routes. Most of the wedding processions are in most cases taken out in afternoon and night. At present, musical processions are banned after 10 pm in the city. "We do not think a lot of hotels or mandaps are located on such routes. Most of the hotels are located on by-lanes, connecting the arterial roads. People can take out their processions inside the by-lanes," any other police officer said.
Recently, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposed to impose levy of Rs 5,000 on marriage procession in view of air pollution led to all over such actions. The proposal sparked popular resentment amongst locals, prompting the civic body to put on grasp its proposal in the interim.
Ban on wedding parades on arterial routes in Bhubaneswar from New Year
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