Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a restriction on vehicular movement for peaceful holding of Janmashtami procession in the city scheduled to be held on Friday next. DMP has taken the plan centering the procession which will be brought out from Dhakeshwari temple at 3pm and will end at 5pm at Bahadurshah Park in Old Dhaka after parading different city streets, said a DMP press release.
The restriction will be effective from 3:30pm to 5:30pm on the day, the release said. The routes of the procession are: Dhakeshwari National Temple- Palashi Mor-Jagannath Hall-Central Shaheed Minar- Doel Chattar -High Court (Bottala)-Sarkari Karmachari Hospital – Phoenix Road (ahead of Bangladesh Police Head Quarters)- Golap Shah Mazar- Bangabandhu Square- Gulistan- Nawabpur Road- Ray Shaheb Bazar Mor- Bahadur Shah Park. All the vehicles have been asked to avoid the aforesaid areas to keep the roads free from traffic jam, the release added.