Guns N' Roses in Guwahati: Khanapara traffic curbs from 2 pm Tuesday

The biggest live-music night Guwahati has seen since Post Malone's December 2025 show will reshape traffic on the city's southern edge on Tuesday. Guns N' Roses play the Veterinary College Playground at Khanapara on November 17, and the city's traffic police have released a detailed plan of road curbs, no-parking stretches, parking lots and cab points for the day.

The plan, issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), was reported on Sunday by Pratidin Time and G Plus. It is the first concert in the Northeast by the American band, whose line-up now includes Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan. About 50,000 fans are expected, Hub News and Times Now reported.

The key restrictions, by the clock

• From 2 pm: traffic will be regulated from Prison Gate Point on GS Road to Koinadhara Point on NH-27 and back, from KV Khanapara to APSC Point, and on the NH-27 service lane between Koinadhara Point and Khanapara Rotary (Rohika side).
• From 3 pm: commercial goods vehicles and slow-moving vehicles are barred from GS Road between the Six Mile under-bridge and Khanapara Rotary, from Six Mile to Balughat/Tripura Goli via Jayanagar Chariali, from Beltola Tiniali to Jayanagar Chariali and on to APSC Point, and on both service roads around Khanapara Rotary, until the concert ends.
• No parking: both sides of GS Road from Six Mile to Khanapara Rotary; Six Mile to Jayanagar Chariali; Jayanagar Chariali to Tripura Goli and to APSC Point (Science Museum); NH-27 and its service roads from Tripura Goli to Khanapara Rotary and on to Pinku Cutting near the KIA service centre; and NH-27 from Khanapara Rotary to Greenwood Resort.
• Exempt: fire tenders, ambulances, vehicles carrying life-saving drugs or oxygen, school buses, milk vans and residents.

Where to park and how to get in

Fans coming along GS Road can park at Krishi Bhawan, Jyoti Bishnu Antarjatik Kalamandir, the Veterinary Farm Gate, Assam Accord Field, the Veterinary College campus and the Assam Administrative Staff College. Upper Assam and Meghalaya traffic gets private lots on NH-27 at Khanapara and Basistha Mandir Path; Lower Assam traffic, the Tripura Goli and Balughat area. Two-wheelers go to Beltola Bihutoli Field, the GMC parking at Khanapara and the Mini ISBT.

Entry depends on the ticket. Silver holders use Gates 5 to 9 on Old CP Office Road, Gold holders Gate 11 on the walking zone in front of APSC, and Platinum lounge holders Gate 4 on the NH-27 service road near the Assam Agricultural University guest house at Rohika. Uber and Rapido drop-offs are at Gate 1 of Kalamandir on GS Road and in front of K.K. Handique State Open University on NH-27, Pratidin Time reported. Parking is first come, first served, and police will post live availability on the social media pages of Police Commissionerate Guwahati and Guwahati Traffic Police.

What it means if you live or work near Khanapara

The curbs cover the main road link to Shillong and a stretch used heavily by Dispur office traffic. Truck movement on GS Road effectively stops from 3 pm, and the regulated roads around Koinadhara and APSC Point are the ones Basistha, Beltola and Khanapara residents use every evening. Residents are exempt, but with parking limited, expect slow roads from mid-afternoon until well after the show. Anyone driving to Meghalaya that evening should expect delays near Khanapara Rotary.

How this compares with Post Malone

Post Malone's show at the same ground in December 2025 sold about 20,000 tickets, according to The Times of India. A report released in June by the Assam Tourism Development Corporation, BookMyShow and EY-Parthenon estimated that show's economic impact at Rs 43 crore, including Rs 32 crore spent in Assam and about Rs 5 crore in GST. It also found that around 53 per cent of attendees came from outside Guwahati and that hotel occupancy rose close to 30 per cent, India Today NE reported. The same report projects more than Rs 700 crore in impact over five years from a regular concert calendar.

If the 50,000 estimate holds, Tuesday's crowd would be about two and a half times Post Malone's. Tourism officials told Pratidin Time that around half the tickets were booked from outside Assam and that close to 3,000 people are directly employed in staging the show.

That show also raised a safety question. A foreign visitor alleged on Instagram that she and a friend were groped in the crowd. Ankur Jain, Joint Commissioner of Police in Guwahati, told The Times of India at the time that no complaint had been lodged and that women's safety was a "top priority". This time police have also launched a road-safety campaign themed on the band's songs. The line "No Mr Brownstone Behind The Wheel" warns fans against drink driving, Times Now and Hub News reported.

What happens next

• Tuesday, November 17: regulation from 2 pm and the goods-vehicle ban from 3 pm, until the concert ends.
• January 31, 2027: Gorillaz are scheduled to play Guwahati, according to Pratidin Time and will be the next test of the city's concert traffic planning.