Guwahati: Traffic Restrictions Imposed ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah's visit

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• May 24, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

Plying of commercial goods carrying vehicles of four wheels and above will be restricted on National Highway-27 and National Highway-17 in Guwahati city from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on May 25, 2023.

Digital Desk: Guwahati Traffic Police issued an order on
Tuesday restricting vehicular traffic ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's
visit to Assam.

According
to an official release from the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police,
Traffic, Guwahati, the limitations were enforced to ensure public safety and to
allow emergency vehicles unimpeded passage.

The
limits will go into force on May 25, 2023, during the visit of the home
minister, according to the announcement.

minor-latin;color:black">The notification stated, "To ensure the safety of
the public, particularly vulnerable road users such as children, students,
women, senior citizens, and differently abled persons on the road, and to allow
free passage to emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire tenders, etc., the following
restrictions on vehicle movement shall be imposed on 25 May, 2023 during the
Hon'ble Union Home Minister's visit to Guwahati."

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The following restrictions will be imposed, according to the
notification: 

color:black">• Plying of commercial goods carrying vehicles of four wheels and
above will be restricted on National Highway-27 and National Highway-17 in
Guwahati city from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on May 25, 2023.

• Commercial goods carrying vehicles with
three wheels or more will be prohibited from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 25, 2023,
on Panjabari Road, G.S. Road, B.Barooah Road, GNB Road, MG Road, AT Road, and
DG Road.

color:black">It should be noted that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be
visiting Assam and will take part in a significant programme on May 25 in
Guwahati, where the state government plans to distribute 45,000 appointment
letters to newly recruited youths across various government departments.

color:black">During his visit, Amit Shah will also lay the groundwork for the
National Forensics Science University in Guwahati.

The distribution of employment letters to
freshly recruited employees was originally slated for May 11, but due to the
political and social situation in the nearby state of Manipur at the time, it
had to be postponed to May 26.

Later, the date for distribution of appointment letters was again
rescheduled and preponed to May 25.