Ind vs Eng: Hyderabad police issues traffic advisory for Jan 25-29

Hyderabad: The Traffic Police Wing of Rachakonda Commissionerate has made a comprehensive traffic management plan to ensure proper traffic regulation of general traffic and also the spectators going for India vs England test match at the Uppal stadium.

A total of about 250 traffic personnel will be deployed on match day to implement this traffic management plan, a press release said.

The traffic management plan comprises 8 sectors covering areas in and around the stadium including the parking places for the spectators, important junctions/main roads for general traffic, roads leading to the stadium, contingency diversions, etc.

Parking locations

A total of 15 parking locations are available for parking of 4-wheelers and 2-wheelers put together.

For spectators coming from Route No.1 i.e. Secunderabad, Habsiguda, and Tarnaka, the parking locations available are:

Sl.No	Parking Place Location	Category of Ticket/Pass Holder	Capacity of Parking(Approximately)			Distance from Stadium(apprx.)	Stadium Gates for Access
			4 W	2W	Total
1	TS IALA Parking   Lat/Long 17.40559,78.549915	All Categories of Ticket Holders	1400		1400	50 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
2	TS IALA Parking   17.409173,78.552300	All Categories of Ticket Holders	600		600	100 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
3	Genpact Lane   Lat/Long 17.410174,78.548822	All Categories of Ticket Holders	150	200	350	200 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
4	NGRI Gate No. 1 to 3   Lat/Long 17.414323,78.547140	All Categories of Ticket Holders	100	1200	1300	450 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
5	Genpact to NGRI Metro Station   Lat/Long 17.411908,78.549362	All Categories of Ticket Holders	50	150	200	550 Meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2

For Spectators coming from Route Nos. 2,3 and 4 i.e. Amberpet/Ramanthapur to Uppal X Road, LB Nagar to Uppal X Road, and Warangal Highway to Uppal X Road, the Parking Locations available are:

Sl.No	Parking Place Location	Category of Ticket/Pass Holder	Capacity of Parking			Distance from Stadium	Stadium Gates for Access
			4 W	2W	Total
1	KV – 1 School  to DSL Mall(Both Sides) Lat/Long 17.401363,78.557395	All Categories of Ticket Holders	100	1500	1600	300 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
2	Eenadu Office Lane (all routes)	All Categories of	500	1500	2000	300 meters	All gates except
	Lat/Long 17.400088,78.550112	Ticket Holders					Main Gate, G1, G2
3	Modern Bakery   Lat/Long 17.400499,78.550070	All Categories of Ticket Holders	100		100	250 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
4	LG Godowns to NSL Building (Both Sides)   Lat/Long 17.401394,78.547985	All Categories of Ticket Holders	100	400	500	300 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2
5	Church Colony road   Lat/Long 17.400896,78.545413	All Categories of Ticket Holders		600	600	550 meters	All gates except Main Gate, G1, G2

The reserved parking is earmarked for certain categories of spectators possessing vehicle passes only. The details are as below:

SL.No	Parking Place Location	Category of Ticket/Pass Holder	Stadium Gates for Access
1	A –  Parking   Lat/Long 17.404620,78.550347	Only for Vehicle Pass holders	Main Gate, G1
2	A1 Parking   Lat/Long 17.405561,78.551193	Only for Vehicle Pass holders	G-11
3	B – Parking   Lat/Long 17.404614, 78.550493	Only for Vehicle Pass holders	Main Gate
4	C – Parking   Lat/Long 17.405561, 78.551193	Only for Vehicle Pass holders	G-2
5	Reserved Parking in TS IALA (Adjacent to G-7)   Lat/Long 17.40559,  78.549915	Media & Broadcasters	All gates except Main Gate, G1

Signages and directional boards

Several signages/directional boards will be placed along the routes to the parking places and venue. The spectators may look for the important master directional boards and location maps for parking and venue at Uppal X Roads, Street No. 8 Junction, Habsiguda Junction, Ek-Minar Masjid, and a few other locations.

A total number of 38 Distance Alert Display Boards along the routes to parking locations are also being placed. In total 323 Signage/Informatory boards are being placed, the press release further said.

Suggestions for match spectators from the police

The police urged spectators to cooperate with the traffic police personnel on duty and the directions given by them.

Parking locations will be filled up on a first cum first-serve basis, they further said.

“Please try to reach the Parking Place sufficiently in advance to park your vehicle at the nearest parking location. Traffic police Rachakonda will also pass on the traffic updates to Red Mirchi (FM). So, spectators may tune in to the Red Mirchi FM Channel for updates,” the police further said.

The police also asked spectators to use the Metro Rail services to avoid parking issues and have quicker access to the venue. “The Pedestrian Entry to the Stadium is only meters from the Stadium Metro Station,” they said.

For general traffic

There will be no restrictions on movement of general traffic, the police said.

If commuters wish to avoid the stretch from Uppal X Road to Genpact, they can take a diversion towards Ramanthapur road and at the Street No.8 signal, they can take the Street No.8 road to Habsiguda junction.

Heavy vehicle diversions

The timings of diversion of certain categories of heavy vehicles on the day of the match on January 25 to January 29 would be from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm.

The routes of diversions will be as follows:

SNo.	Route of approach of Heavy Vehicle	Diversion Point	Diversion Route
1	Warangal Highway towards Chengicherla	Chengichera X Road	Chengicherla X Road- Cherlapalli-IOCL-NFC
2	LB Nagar to Nagole	Nagole Metro Station	Nagole Metro Station-HMDA- Bouduppal-Chengicherla X Road
3	Towards Nacharam IDA	Nacharam IDA	Nacharam IDA to Cherlapalli -Chengicherla