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Karachi, February 12, 2020 (PPI-OT):Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the traffic jams and poor flow traffic flow on different important roads during rush hours is the manifestation of poor traffic planning and management. “Therefore, a new plan to manage traffic in Saddar, Metropole, Clifton and I I Chundrigar Road is need of the hour.”
This he said while presiding over a meeting regarding Traffic Management in the city here on Wednesday at CM House. Commissioner Karachi gave presentation to the chief minister in which different options of one-way, removal of signals and installation of new signals were suggested.
The chief minister said that only declaring the Club Road as one-way was not enough. “We will have to adopt holistic approach by removing traffic congestion and jams from the entire area. Shah suggested that the choking points at Metropole, Avari, I I Chundrigar Road have to be removed with best traffic engineering. The construction of flyover and underpasses were not the appropriate solutions, he said.
The chief minister said that from Shaheen Complex there were two roads leading to Fawara Chowk and both the roads, Governor House Road and PIA Office road have been allowed two ways. Therefore, both the roads remain choked at rush hours. Similarly, the traffic coming from Fuwara Chowk and Saddar gets choked at Avari. Why traffic from Shaheen Complex to Avari via Fuwara Chowk and Saddar towards Avari has been allowed to create jam at Avari and Metropole hotel. Why some traffic of Saddar could not be diverted towards Army Selection Center towards Shahrah-e-Faisal from Regent Plaza Area. Why traffic coming from Fuwara Chowk is not allowed going directly towards Clifton without moving around Metropole, he asked.
It was decided that Commissioner Karachi, Adl Ig Karachi, DIG Traffic and other officers would visit entire area and assess the situation and adopt an option could be adopted to remove unnecessary traffic diversion and congestion. Shah gave three months to the team not only work out a feasible plan of traffic management but implement it from June 2020 when schools go on summer vacation.
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