Buxar police will impose a special traffic plan on Dhanteras and Diwali, restricting heavy vehicles, diverting four-wheelers and autorickshaws, and opening six designated parking locations to manage the expected festival shopping rush across the town.
The restrictions will apply on November 6, when Dhanteras will be observed, and November 8, Diwali. Heavy vehicles will not be allowed to enter Buxar town from noon on either day until 3pm the following day. Police personnel will be deployed at key intersections and busy roads to regulate vehicle movement and manage shoppers and pedestrians.
Traffic DSP Santosh Kumar Singh submitted the detailed traffic management proposal to the superintendent of police on Monday. The plan provides separate routes for four-wheelers, e-rickshaws and autorickshaws, with the stated aim of reducing congestion around major market areas.
Restrictions will be imposed at several traffic pressure points, including Jyoti Chowk, Nath Baba Temple Road, Syndicate, Mathiya Mohalla Bridge, Hanuman Chowk, Municipal Council Office Road, Mathiya Mor, the canal turn near the Jyoti Chowk bridge, ITI Mor and Munim Chowk. Movement from Jyoti Chowk towards Thana Chowk and Khalasi Mohalla will be restricted, as will traffic from Nath Baba bridge towards the town police station.
The plan also includes curbs at Syndicate, Mathiya bridge, Hanuman Chowk and Municipal Council Office Road. Traffic travelling from Thana Chowk towards Ram Rekha Ghat, Piparpati Road and Mathiya Mor bridge will be regulated to prevent bottlenecks during the festival period.
Four-wheelers will be diverted through alternate routes linking Golambar with Jyoti Chowk, ITI Road and Mathiya Mor through the bypass. Another diversion will connect Golambar, Jyoti Chowk, the railway station and Itadhi Gumti. E-rickshaws and autorickshaws will also be required to use designated bypass routes.
Six parking locations have been identified for shoppers and visitors: areas near Syndicate, DAV School, ITI grounds, the railway station, behind Kila Maidan and Bazaar Samiti. Two tow trucks will remain on standby to remove vehicles that obstruct traffic or create bottlenecks.
The arrangements focus on the points where festival travel, market access and local traffic already intersect. Residents, however, have raised concerns about recurring congestion near the old police station area. The location houses the Traffic Police Station, the Traffic DSP’s office, the Harijan police station, the Cyber police station and the Women’s police station, making it a particularly busy administrative and traffic node during the festive shopping season.
The traffic plan will remain in force for the specified periods on November 6 and November 8, with heavy-vehicle restrictions continuing until 3pm on the following day in each case.
