Heavy vehicles to be banned on Medaram Jatara route from February 8 to 20

To ensure smooth movement of personal vehicles during the biennial tribal festival

In view of multifold increase in traffic on the main roads leading to Medaram ahead of the upcoming Sammakka Saralamma Jatara, the district administration has decided to ban the movement of heavy goods vehicles including sand lorries on the main routes leading to Medaram in Mulugu district from February 8 to 20.

The decision has been taken to avoid traffic snarls and ensure smooth movement of personal vehicles as well as individual and passenger vehicles ferrying devotees to the four-day jatara to be held in Medaram from February 16 to 19, official sources said.

As per the orders issued to this effect, no heavy vehicle (sand lorries) will be allowed to ply from Gudeppad in Atmakur mandal of Hanamkonda district towards the Mulugu district border point on the Bhoopalapatnam route. Personal vehicles and the jatara-bound passenger vehicles will be exempted, sources added. Heavy vehicles on this route will be diverted via Charla-Kothagudem-Khammam-Suryapet-Hyderabad and Manuguru-Kothagudem-Khammam-Suryapet-Hyderabad.