PRAYAGRAJ, July 20 -- Commuters travelling between Prayagraj and Varanasi are set to face renewed traffic restrictions as one lane of the twin-lane Shastri Bridge will be closed for a month from July 28 to facilitate the movement of Kanwariyas during the holy month of Sawan.

The announcement comes just days after traffic was restored on the Daraganj-Jhunsi lane of the bridge on July 16, ending nearly 43 days of restrictions imposed for repair work and providing temporary relief to daily commuters.

According to ACP (traffic) Nikita Srivastava, the lane carrying traffic from Daraganj towards Jhunsi will be completely closed and reserved exclusively for Kanwariyas travelling towards Varanasi after collecting the Ganga water from Prayagraj....