Mumbai traffic police issue advisories amid Dahi Handi festivities | Mumbai News – Times of India
MUMBAI: The Dahi Handi festival is being celebrated in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday in to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna.
As part of the festivities, ‘Govindas’ form multi-tiered human pyramids to break ‘dahi handis’—earthen pots filled with curd—suspended high above the ground. This tradition is inspired by the belief that Lord Krishna, as a child, was fond of curd and butter.
Consequently, devotees recreate his childhood mischief through the Dahi Handi event. Across the city, dahi handis, adorned with flowers, have been hoisted several feet above the ground at various housing societies, roads, junctions, and public grounds.
Clad in colorful attire, Govindas travel through different parts of the city in trucks, tempos, buses, and two-wheelers, aiming to break the handis.
Given the widespread participation, Mumbai traffic police have issued advisories to help manage the flow of commuters and motorists.
- Bhandup, Nardas Nagar, bus route 605 has been disrupted at Vaibhav Chowk.
- At Gopal Naik Chowk on S.S. Rao Road, bus route 217 has been disrupted at Gandhi Hospital from Mint Colony.
- At Bhandup Village Road, buses on route 307 have been diverted via Bhandup Sonapur and L.B. Shastri Road between Hiranagar and Bhandup Police Station.
- At Kashinath Ghanekar Chowk, bus route 484 has been diverted from Vasant Vihar Bus Stop to Pawar Nagar.
- Due to the closure of Fitwala Road, bus route 167 has been diverted via Senapati Bapat Road.
- On Bhandup Village Road, buses on route 307 have been diverted via Bhandup Sonapur and L.B. Shastri Road between Hiranagar and Bhandup Police Station.
- On Jungle Mangal Road, buses have been diverted via L.B. Shastri Road.
- At Dadar M.C. Jawale Road, bus route number 118 has been disrupted at Kabutar Khana.
- Bus routes 287 and 629 have been disrupted at Thakur Cinema.
- At Tagore Nagar Post Office, bus routes 453 and 185 via Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital have been diverted.
- Jari Mari Road, bus routes 375, 505, 473, 374, etc., have been diverted via Turner Road and Bhabha Hospital from the first bus.
- Shivajinagar Baji Prabhu Deshpande Road, bus routes 8 and 379 have been diverted from Shivajinagar Depot.
- On routes 5/85/355, buses have been diverted via Kurla Station to S.G. Barve Road, Swastik Chowk Petrol Pump, and Trombay Sion Road from V.N. Purav Road, Shiv Srishti.
- Due to multiple Dahi Handi festivals on Tembipada Road up to Kedare Chowk, buses on routes 605 and 606 have been disrupted. Buses also diverted to route 612 up to Sahyadri Nagar Bus Stop.
- At Bhatwadi Ghatkopar West, Ganpati Temple, and Bhatwadi Market, bus routes 226/321 have been disrupted at Jambhul Pada.
- Routes 325/419/Up Down have been diverted via Andheri Ghatkopar Link Road.
