Enhanced safe management measures will be in place at Little India in the lead-up to Deepavali to prevent overcrowding, the authorities said on Monday (Oct 18). The popular pedestrian crossing at the junction of Campbell Lane and Serangoon Road will be switched off between 6pm and 1am from Oct 29 to 31, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). It will also be turned off from 6pm on the eve (Nov 3) of Deepavali to 2am the next day.

Enhanced safe management measures will be in place at Little India in the lead-up to Deepavali to prevent overcrowding, the authorities said on Monday (Oct 18). The popular pedestrian crossing at the junction of Campbell Lane and Serangoon Road will be switched off between 6pm and 1am from Oct 29 to 31, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). It will also be turned off from 6pm on the eve (Nov 3) of Deepavali to 2am the next day.