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Alternate routes for heavy vehicles in Tiruvannamalai

Alternate routes for heavy vehicles in Tiruvannamalai

To accommodate the influx of pilgrims during the Karthikai Deepam festival in Tiruvannamalai, the district police have announced alternate routes for heavy vehicles. Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) and Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) traveling through Tiruvannamalai to other districts are restricted from entering the district between 8:00 AM on December 12 and 8:00 AM on December 15. The following alternative routes have been outlined:
Vehicles from Bengaluru, Krishnagiri to Tirupathur via Villupuram, Cuddalore, Puducherry, Tindivanam: Alternate Route: Barkur - Vaniyambadi - Vellore - Arcot - Seyyar - Vandavasi. Prohibited Areas: Uthangarai, Sengam, Tiruvannamalai.
Vehicles from Villupuram, Cuddalore, Puducherry, Tindivanam to Tirupathur, Bengaluru: Alternate Route: Vandavasi - Seyyar - Arcot - Vellore - Vaniyambadi - Barkur. Prohibited Areas: Senchi, Kilpennathur, Tiruvannamalai.
Vehicles from Tirupati, KGF, Vellore to Tindivanam, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Puducherry, Trichy: Alternate Route: Vellore - Arcot - Seyyar - Vandavasi. Prohibited Areas: Kannamangalam, Polur, Tiruvannamalai.
Vehicles from Tindivanam, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Puducherry, Trichy to Tirupati, KGF: Alternate Route: Vandavasi - Seyyar - Arcot - Vellore. Prohibited Areas: Senchi, Kilpennathur, Tiruvannamalai.
Vehicles from Bengaluru, Krishnagiri, Tirupathur to Vriddhachalam, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam: Alternate Route: Dharmapuri - Thoppur - Salem - Vazhapadi - Athur. Prohibited Areas: Tirukovilur. 
Vehicles from Vriddhachalam, Chidambaram, Nagapattinam to Bengaluru, Krishnagiri, Tirupathur: Alternate Route: Athur - Vazhapadi - Salem - Thoppur - Dharmapuri. Prohibited Areas: Tirukovilur.