{
  "id": 9516525,
  "title": "Pune Ganpati Visarjan: Traffic Police Announce Diversions, No-Parking Zones - Here's All You Need To Know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/pune-ganpati-visarjan-traffic-police-announce-diversions-no-parking",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T07:23:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-ganpati-visarjan-traffic-police-announce-diversions-no-parking-zones-heres-all-you-need-to-know"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune traffic police have announced significant traffic restrictions and diversions ahead of the Ganesh immersion processions on September 25 and 26. The measures are aimed at ensuring the smooth movement of processions and managing the large crowds expected along the main routes. Several major roads, including Shivaji Road, Laxmi Road, Bajirao Road, and others, will be closed to traffic. Alternative routes, such as the ring-road system, will be utilized to bypass these areas. No-parking zones have been designated, effective from 11pm on September 24, and will remain in place until the immersion processions conclude. Heavy vehicles will be banned for 48 hours from September 25 to midnight on September 26. Parking arrangements will be available at specific locations for citizens visiting the city.",
  "summary": "Pune: Pune traffic police have announced extensive traffic restrictions, diversions, no-parking zones and parking arrangements in the city ahead of the Ganesh immersion procession scheduled for Friday (September 25). The restrictions have been imposed to ensure the smooth movement of immersion processions and manage the large number of devotees expected to gather along the main routes. The…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Pune Ganesh Visarjan 2026: Track Major Ganpati Processions Live, Check Traffic Diversions On One Portal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/pune-ganesh-visarjan-2026-track-major-ganpati-processions-live-check",
        "published": "2026-09-24T07:06:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}