It serves as a major artery that provides access to the provincial metropolis
LAHORE: It is heartening to observe that the Punjab government is developing an elaborate network of roads in the province. On canal bank roads in Lahore, a lane each is being added on both sides. More important than the canal bank roads, though, is the widening of Multan Road near the bus stand ahead of the motorway overhead bridge. In fact, an architectural plan to develop eight lanes from Thokar Niazbaig to Hudiara drain was prepared last year but no practical step has been taken towards it. On the canal bank roads, mostly small-and medium-size vehicles ply but on Multan Road, 40-foot buses, eight-wheeler trucks and container-transporters move in and out of the city. Expansion of Multan Road should have been given priority over the extension of canal bank roads because it is definitely more important than the canal bank roads. It serves as a major artery that provides access to the provincial metropolis.
Mirza Tuftan Baig
Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2017.
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