Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Ganesh Immersion Traffic Curbs Restrict Heavy Vehicles on Mumbai’s JVLR
Mumbai Traffic Police want to reduce traffic during Ganesh idol immersions.
They will stop heavy vehicles from using the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, or JVLR.
The restriction covers both directions of the road.
It applies during important immersion days.
The listed dates include September 18, 19, 20 and 25.
On September 18, the ban begins at 4 pm and ends at 5 am the next day.
Another overnight ban runs from September 19 to September 20.
The final restriction begins on September 25 and ends at noon on September 26.
Mumbai Traffic Police have restricted heavy vehicles on both carriageways of the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road.
The restrictions apply during specified Ganesh immersion days on September 18, 19, 20 and 25.
Heavy vehicles are barred from 4 pm on September 18 until 5 am on September 19.
A second restriction runs from 4 pm on September 19 until 5 am on September 20.
The Anant Chaturdashi restriction runs from 10 am on September 25 until noon on September 26 to ease congestion.
- Who
- Mumbai Traffic Police, through the Eastern Suburban Traffic Division.
- What
- Heavy vehicles have been barred from both directions of the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road during specified Ganesh immersion periods.
- When
- The notification covers September 18, 19, 20 and 25; specified timings run from September 18 evening through September 20 morning and from September 25 morning through September 26 noon.
- Where
- The Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road in Mumbai.
- Why
- To ease congestion during key Ganesh immersion days.
- Authority
- Mumbai Traffic Police
- Road
- Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road
- Vehicle restriction
- Heavy vehicles
- Directions affected
- Northbound and southbound carriageways
- First timing
- September 18, 4 pm, to September 19, 5 am
- Second timing
- September 19, 4 pm, to September 20, 5 am
- Final timing
- September 25, 10 am, to September 26, 12 noon