Match day

A match at Wankhede.

On a match day the Mumbai Traffic Police close the roads around Wankhede for most of the day and say plainly that there is no parking at the stadium. A car of your own is no help — a car that drops you and comes back for you is.

I

As close as the order allows

The police publish the closures for each match. The sarathi reads that day’s order and drops you at the nearest point it permits, then walks you to the edge of the crowd if you wish.

II

The car, out of the closures

It waits outside the closed roads, by the hour, so it is never caught in them.

III

After the last ball

An agreed meeting point, away from the gates, chosen before the match; the sarathi is there before you are.

IV

With children

A meeting point is named to every child before the match. The sarathi will not leave until every guest he brought is back.

Every match brings its own order; the house links you to it and never promises a road the police have closed.

Inside every written figure: the car, your sarathi, fuel, every toll, parking at both ends and GST. Nothing is added on the day, and no meter runs.

Reserve for the matchTell the house the match and how many are coming.

Questions guests ask

Is there parking at Wankhede Stadium?
No — the Mumbai Traffic Police advise on match days that there is no spectator parking at the stadium, and close roads around it. Being dropped and collected is the simplest way.
Where will the car collect us after the match?
At a meeting point agreed before the match, outside the closed roads; the sarathi is there before you are.

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