Kolkata Traffic Restrictions Today for Kali Puja 2025: Kolkata Police issues traffic advisory for October 20. Check routes to take

Kali Puja 2025 Kolkata traffic restrictions: Ban on goods vehicles except for essential services

Movement of all types of goods vehicles, except those carrying idols for Kali Puja, will be prohibited across Kolkata from 6 am on October 20 (Monday) to 4 am on October 21 (Tuesday).

However, certain categories are exempted from this restriction. Emergency and essential supply vehicles, including those carrying LPG cylinders, CNG, petroleum products, milk, medicines, vegetables, fruits, fish, and oxygen, will be allowed to operate.

Port-originated or port-bound goods vehicles and those with gross vehicle weight below 1600 kg will also be permitted up to 4 pm.

Light goods vehicles will be allowed to operate between 12 pm and 4 pm during the restriction period.

Complete road closures from 4 pm to 4 am

Several major roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 4 pm on October 20 to 4 am on October 21, except for property-line vehicles.

These include Bankim Chatterjee Street, Surya Sen Street, Shyama Charan Dey Street, S.N. Banerjee Road (between Rani Rashmoni Road and R.A. Kidwai Road), R.B. Avenue, Chetla Central Road, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Sarani, Bhim Ghosh Lane, Keshab Ch. Sen Street, College Street/Bidhan Sarani, Mudialli Road, Lenin Road, Tollygunge Road, Bagdipara Road, and Jeliapara Road.

Closures will be imposed “as and when considered necessary by police on duty,” depending on crowd and traffic conditions.

Kolkata Police Kali Puja Advisory 2025: Traffic Diversions and Route Regulations

Traffic movement on certain busy thoroughfares will be regulated between 4 pm and 4 am, or as required.

Arrangements will include:

• Jadulal Mullick Road and Baishnab Seth Street: movement restricted from north to south.
• Kailash Bose Street: traffic allowed only from east to west.
• Sahanagar Road: one-way movement from west to east between Pratapaditya Road and Tollygunge Road.
• Vehicles from Tollygunge Road (Pratapaditya Place and Gopal Banerjee Lane) may turn right towards Sahanagar Road.

Buses will also be diverted

• Route 17A: to run via Rash Behari Avenue – S.P. Mukherjee Road – Hazra Road (both directions).
• College Street/M.G. Road area buses: may be rerouted via M.G. Road – A.P.C. Roy Road – Vivekananda Road.
• Banamali Naskar Road (Parnasree & Rabindra Nagar Mini Buses): diverted through Taratala Road, State Garage, Upen Banerjee Road.
• West-bound routes (S-31, SD-4/1, 21, Silpara-Sealdah Mini): may be diverted via Biren Roy Road East.

Other changes

Strand Road (North) traffic will be diverted from the eastern end of Howrah Bridge via Brabourne Road Flyover.

One-way restrictions on Strand Road & Brabourne Road will begin at 6 am instead of 8 am.

S.N. Banerjee Road traffic will be diverted via R.A. Kidwai Road – N.C. Street – Ganesh Chandra Avenue – C.R. Avenue.

No parking and loading restrictions

From 4 pm on October 20 to 4 am on October 21, no parking, loading or unloading will be permitted along several important routes.

Major no-parking zones include College Street, Bidhan Sarani, K.K. Tagore Street, S.N. Banerjee Road, Prince Anwar Shah Road, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Banamali Naskar Road, Upen Banerjee Road, Biren Roy Road (West), Pathak Para Road, Arya Samity Road, Siddhinath Chatterjee Road.

These restrictions will also be in place for Santoshpur Avenue, D.H. Road, James Long Sarani, M.L. Gupta Road, Santosh Roy Road, E.M. Bypass (P.A. Shah Connector to Garia Station Road), Garfa Main Road, Mukundapur Main Road, Hiland Park–Ajoynagar service road, N.S.C. Bose Road and Baishnaghata Patuli Connector.

All bus and tram stops on College Street between Keshab Chandra Sen Street and Surya Sen Street will remain suspended during this period.

Special traffic plan around Kalighat Temple

To manage the heavy footfall expected at Kalighat Kali Temple, special traffic arrangements will be in place from 5 am to 11 am, and again from 5 pm on October 20 till 4 am on October 21.

Areas bounded by the following roads will be closed to all vehicular traffic:

• Kalighat Road (West)
• Rash Behari Avenue (South)
• Sadananda Road (East)
• Hazra Road (North)

In addition to this, Kali Temple Road between Haldarpara Road and Kalighat Road will be closed, and no parking, loading, or unloading will be allowed on Kalighat Road, except at designated authorized parking zones.