Overview

• Traffic on the Second Hooghly Bridge and its ramps is fully halted from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 24.
• HRBC will lift and place steel portal beams near the Santragachi Bus Terminus on Kona Expressway, alongside work on stay and holding-down cables and bearings.
• Kolkata Police detailed diversions sending vehicles via Turf View and Hastings Crossing to St. Georges Gate Road, Strand Road and Howrah Bridge, with more changes possible based on conditions.
• Motorists are advised to plan extra time, consider public transport and use Howrah Bridge or Nivedita Setu as alternate crossings.
• This operation follows a previously scheduled 24-hour shutdown on August 16–17 that was cancelled, making this the second attempt to complete the repairs.