An Islamabad Traffic Police official stands as a motorcycle passes through. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID
ISLAMABAD/ RAWALPINDI: The traffic police in the twin cities have issued their traffic plan for the National Day Parade near Shakarparian in Islamabad.
Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Shoaib Khurram Jahanbaz, in a press release, said that traffic would not be allowed to pass from the Faizabad flyover.
According to the plan, the traffic going to Islamabad would be diverted towards Stadium Road from Nawaz Sharif Park. The traffic would go to 9th Avenue after crossing the IJP Road. The traffic coming from Islamabad to Rawalpindi would not be allowed to use the Stadium Road.
The traffic from Islamabad would use IJP Road and would be able to enter Rawalpindi from Carriage Factory point.
The traffic coming going towards Islamabad Expressway from Koral Chowk would be diverted towards a service road at Khanna Pul. The traffic would go to Murree Road passing through Shamsabad. It would further use the Stadium Road to enter Islamabad.
The CTO has asked the Motorway Police and the National Highways Police from letting heavy traffic enter Rawalpindi from Attock, from Lahore, and from Murree on March 23.
The CTO has also deputed 424 traffic wards besides 43 junior traffic wardens, 16 traffic inspectors, and six traffic deputy superintendents of police for keeping the traffic flow smooth on March 23. Senior Traffic Officer Iftikharul Haq will supervise the special duties on the National Day.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 21st, 2016.
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