To ease congestion, Mumbai Police introduce odd-even parking on key eastern suburb roads; check details here

In a bid to ease traffic congestion and ensure smooth movement of emergency vehicles the Mumbai Traffic Police have imposed oddeven parking restrictions on multiple roads across the eastern suburbs The restrictions came into effect on Tuesday May 19 and will remain in force till August 18The orders were issued on Monday May 18 under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988Reason for the restrictionsAccording to the notifications several roads in Mulund Chembur Chunabhatti Trombay Mankhurd Vikhroli Kanjurmarg and Ghatkopar are narrow Doublesided parking on these roads has been causing severe traffic jams and obstructing the movement of emergency and essential service vehicles To reduce congestion the police have introduced oddeven parking rules on these stretchesOddeven parking ruleUnder the new system parking will be permitted only on one side of the road depending on the dateOn even dates vehicles can be parked on the north side of the roadOn odd dates vehicles must be parked on the south side of the roadThe restrictions apply to the specific stretches mentioned in the official ordersMulund Traffic DivisionOddeven parking ruleOff Park Road Marathon Monte Plaza Building to Rewind Fitness Madan Mohan Malviya Road Ratna Super Market to Mehul Circle Vithalbhai Patel Road VP Road from PK Road to Ganesh Gavde Road Dr Ambedkar Road from PK Road to Ganesh Gavde Road RHB Road from PK Road to Ganesh Gavde Road Jhaver Road from PK Road to Ganesh Gavde Road RRT Road from PK Road to Ganesh Gavde Road Dr Rajendra Prasad Road Babubhai Jagjivandas Cloth Store to LB Shah Marg Junction and SN Road Shidha Vatap Karyalaya No 35E to Jata Shankar Dosa RoadOneway restrictionTembhipada Road in Bhandup West has been made a oneway roadFrom Ashok Kedare Chowk to Gurunanak School OnewayFrom Konkan Nagar Bus Stop to Ashok Kedare Chowk OnewayAlternative routes have been suggested for vehicles Vehicles heading towards Ashok Kedare Chowk can take a right or left turn at Konkan Nagar Bus Stop via Lala Sheth Compound Vehicles coming from Tembhipada Road towards Jangal Mangal Road can proceed straight without turning right at Ashok Kedare Chowk and take a right or left turn near Gurunanak SchoolChembur Traffic DivisionChembur Road No 16 Chembur Road No 10 from Zen Hospital to Jain Mandir Central Avenue Road PL Lokhande Road from National Chicken Centre National Chicken Centre to Kavi Ba Bhedi Kal Kwiba Medical Pestom Sagar Road No 1 No 2 No 4 No 5 and No 6Chunabhatti Traffic DivisionKedarnath Mandir Marg Chhatrapati Shivaji Maidan area Bhakti Dham Mandir Road from Gulmohar Road to Trimurti Road Bantbhavan Cross Road and Sikandri Road Dr Gangadhar Bade Road from Chunabhatti Phatak to BKC Connector Bridge pillar and Natyakarmi Sunil Premanand Kamble RoadTrombay Traffic DivisionDS Devanshi Road Deonar Village Road NG Aacharya Road from Saraswati Society to Govandi Railway Station Union Park Road Ghatla Gaon Road Mankhurd Station Road Agariwadi Village Road RC Road from Shankar MandirAashish Junction to Sanatan Mandir and Kelkar Wadi RoadMankhurd Traffic DivisionPMGP Colony 10 ft Road Shivaji Nagar 10 ft Road MT Kadam Road from Dugadevi Chowk to Tanaji Chowk Veer Baji Prabhu Deshpande Road and Ahilyabai Holkar RoadVikhroli Traffic Division Pantnagar Ghatkopar EastVidyabhavan Road Tilak Road RB Mehta Road Naidu Colony Road from Sky Building to Adani Realty and Lohamarg Police Colony Road from Adani Realty to Hockey GroundKanjurmarg Traffic DivisionMahatma Phule Road from Prashant Hotel ndash Veer Savarkar Hospital ndash Gavhanpada Junction Lokmanya Tilak Road from Ruchi Hotel ndash Hanuman Chowk Navghar Road ndash Campus Junction Prataprao Gujar Road from Hari Om Sweet ndash Jain Mandir Neelam Nagar Harishchandra Dadu Koparkar Road from Nahur Railway Station East ndash MDKP Chowk ndash Bhandup Phatak and Kanjur Village Road from Axis Bank Nutan Nagar Naka ndash Mansukh ChowkGhatkopar Traffic DivisionNari Seva Sadan Road from Home Guard to Lahuji Ustad Chowk Road No 6 from Amrutnagar Signal to Amrutnagar Circle Nathani Road from Vidyavihar Signal to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Chowk Lal Bahadur Shastri Road from Ghatkopar Police Station to Naupada Junction and Bhruvraj Singh Road from Lal Bahadur Shastri Road to Mahalakshmi HotelEnforcementMumbai Traffic Police have warned that strict action will be taken against violators The restrictions have been imposed to reduce traffic congestion and ensure that emergency vehicles face no obstruction on these narrow roadsThe police have appealed to motorists to follow the oddeven parking rules and the oneway restriction to avoid penalties and contribute to smoother traffic flow in the eastern suburbs