LUCKNOW, June 20 -- Nearly 70 road cuts and intersections across the city that have already been closed using temporary police barricades may be permanently sealed with concrete structures as part of a traffic management plan aimed at sustaining gains made in easing congestion.

DCP (traffic) Raveena Tyagi said the proposal does not involve closing any new cuts. Instead, it seeks to convert existing temporary closures into permanent ones after traffic authorities found that the measures had improved vehicular movement at several busy junctions.

"These cuts are already closed through temporary barricading. The proposal is to make these closures permanent by installing cement blocks," Tyagi said.

According to the traffic police, one of th...