Traffic, flying curbs in place for Union minister Amit Shah's visit in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Flying and traffic curbs will be in place on Saturday and Sunday in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, along the highways in view of Union home minister Amit Shah's visit.
Shah is scheduled to present the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, the state's highest civilian honour, to social worker and reformer Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, 76, at a ceremony in Kharghar on Sunday. Lakhs of disciples of Dharmadhikari from across Raigad, Ratnagiri, Thane, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and various other places will be travelling in private vehicles and state transport buses for attending the award function, Navi Mumbai Police said.
In Mumbai, no flying objects - drones, paragliders, balloons, kites, and remote-controlled microlight aircraft flying activities - will be allowed from Saturday to Sunday midnight in parts of the city, police officials said. The activities will not be allowed in areas falling under Airport, Sahar, Colaba, Vile Parle, Kherwadi, Vakola, Bandra, Worli, Gamdevi, DB Marg, Marine Drive, Cuffe Parade and Malabar Hill police stations.
Shah will arrive in Mumbai on Saturday evening and will be staying at the Sahyadri guest house. BJP leaders said he will be received by chief minister Eknath Shinde, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and BJP Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar, among others. Shah will leave for Goa after the function, source said.
Heavy vehicles coming from Gujarat have been banned for 36 hours between Saturday and Sunday on the Palghar district stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway. Light and emergency vehicles will continue to ply. Vehicles heading towards Gujarat on the highway will not be affected. Private vehicles, ambulances, fire brigade and government vehicles will be allowed to travel on the highway.
Similarly, the Raigad police have banned all types of heavy vehicles from plying along the Goa highway, old Mumbai-Pune highway from Kharghar to Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district and also Mumbai-Pune Expressway. However, emergency vehicles like ambulance and those transporting essential commodities have been exempted.