250 jawans to handle traffic during Modi rally

RANCHI: An elaborate traffic arrangement has been put in place for over 3 lakh people likely to visit Modi's rally on Sunday. The entire state has been divided into multiple zones and vehicles from different zones will be allowed to park at different grounds.
Traffic SP Rajiv Ranjan said, "Special arrangement has been made for VIPs vehicles, and for thousands of commoners who will come to listen to him." All the parking spots are enough to accommodate 2,000 buses and 3,000 cars.
Vehicles coming from Jamshedpur, Saraikela and Chaibasa will move to Ring Road from Rampur in Namkum, and reach the rally site through Tupudana Chowk and police headquarters. A parking spot has been fixed at Nehru Stadium.
Vehicles coming from Hazaribag, Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Bokaro will move to Ring Road from Sadabahar Chowk via Namkum over-bridge, and reach the rally site through Palandu. A special parking spot has been fixed at Nehru Stadium.
Similarly, vehicles coming from Latehar, Gumla, Palamu and Lohardaga will move to Ring Road from Kanthitand. They will reach the rally site through Sithio. A special parking spot for them has been fixed at Sakhua Maidan near Dhurwa PS.
The people of Ranchi can park their vehicles at Saheed Maidan, Shalimar Market, HEC maidan, and in front of the north gate of JSCA stadium.
The VIP parking has been made at JSCA stadium West Gate. Only those vehicles which would have special passes issued by the state committee of the BJP would be allowed to park at this site. Only MLAs and MPs would be allowed to take their vehicles closer to the rally site. "All such vehicles would be stopped near St Thomas School. A parking unit has been established there," said traffic SP Ranjan. The rally site is around 500-odd meters from St Thomas School.
The BJP state unit has booked six trains from different locations across the state to Ranchi for the Modi supporters to arrive. Ranchi police have requested the railways to not stop any of the six trains at Ranchi railway station and taken them all to Hatia railway station which is near the rally site (3km).
Ranchi SSP Bheemsen Tuti said that apart from district police, cops from other districts have also been brought to Ranchi to handle the rally-crowd and security. "Over 250 jawans would handle traffic," he said.