It is BMC vs traffic police this Diwali. While the civic body has resumed repair work in many parts of the city, the traffic police has not granted them permission for undertaking repairs of 13 roads in the island city.

These roads mostly connect important market areas, and considering the large number of people flocking there for Diwali shopping, the cops don’t want these roads to be dug up. But civic officials, already under pressure for shoddy roads, want to continue roadwork even during Diwali.