Sadar Utsav Mela: Narayanguda roads closed from 7 pm on 10 November to 4 am, Secunderabad-Koti buses rerouted

Roads around the YMCA in Narayanguda will be shut to through traffic for nine hours on Tuesday night for the Sadar Utsav Mela, Hyderabad’s annual buffalo carnival. In an advisory put out on Monday, 9 November, the Hyderabad Traffic Police said the curbs start at 7 pm on Tuesday, 10 November, and stay until 4 am on Wednesday, 11 November.

Sadar is the festival of the city’s Yadav community, held two days after Deepavali, which fell on Sunday, 8 November. Buffaloes decked with garlands are paraded through the streets, and the YMCA Narayanguda gathering is the largest of the city’s Sadar events.

Which way each stream of traffic goes

Drivers heading for the YMCA from Ramkoti and Lingampally crossroads will be turned away at Kachiguda crossroads, towards Tourist Hotel and Sultan Bazar. Those going from Vittalwadi crossroads to Rajmohalla Chilla will be sent from Padmashali Bhavan to Ramkoti crossroads. Vehicles from Old MLA Quarters and the cemetery side must turn at Vittalwadi crossroads for Ramkoti.

From RTC crossroads and Crown Cafe, YMCA-bound traffic will be moved at Narayanguda crossroads towards Himayatnagar Y Junction. Anyone driving from Narayanguda crossroads to RBVRR College will be turned at Baba Tent House towards Crown Cafe. Vehicles leaving the lanes of Bagh Lingampally Colony for the YMCA go from Reddy College Junction to Baba Tent House.

Post Office Junction works in both directions. Traffic from Barkatpura Chaman to the YMCA will be sent from there to Crown Cafe, and traffic from Crown Cafe to Lingampally crossroads will be sent to Barkatpura Chaman. Vehicles from Lingampally crossroads and the colony lanes going to RBVRR College turn at Matha Temple for Post Office Junction. Those travelling from Kachiguda crossroads to Post Office Junction have to turn at Lingampally crossroads for Tourist Junction by way of Barkatpura Chaman. Nothing will be allowed from Tourist Junction to Lingampally crossroads. That traffic, too, goes to Barkatpura Chaman.

Buses, parking and helpline

RTC buses on the Secunderabad-Koti route will skip, both ways, YMCA Circle and Narayanguda crossroads. They will run through Barkatpura, Post Office Junction, Bagh Lingampally, VST and RTC crossroads instead.

People coming to the mela should leave their vehicles at the Keshav Memorial College grounds, where there is room for 400 two-wheelers and 400 four-wheelers. For help with travel in an emergency, the traffic helpline is 9010203626. The police said further changes, if any, would be posted on their social media handles.