CTPL finalises traffic plan for Muharram
Mourners take part in a procession in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP
City Traffic Police Lahore (CTPL) has finalised the traffic plan for Muharramul Haram in the provincial capital.
Lahore Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Hammad Abid said the traffic arrangements had been finalised on the main procession route for the ninth and tenth day of Muharram.
According to the traffic plan, two SPs, six DSPs, 72 inspectors, hundreds of women traffic wardens and 1,390 traffic wardens will perform their duties along the route of the main procession.
All office staff would also be deputed on roads for the facilitation of general public. No vehicle would be allowed to enter from any arteries on the procession route.
The main procession will start from Nisar Haveli and will conclude at Karbala Gamay Shah. The participants could park their cars and motorcycles at Nasir Bagh, Mochi Gate Bagh, Data Darbar Eye Hospital, Central Model High School, and Bengali Park in a single lane and Adda Crown.
The CTO directed traffic wardens to keep an eye on suspicious vehicles and persons while performing their duties in the field. “Citizens can get any further information through Rasta App, Radio FM 88.6 and Police helpline 15.”
Special parking lots had been arranged at seven different points for participants.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2020.