Heavy vehicles barred from entering village
The court was informed that on February 20, the Karachi commissioner had imposed a ban on entry of heavy vehicles in the city between 6am and 11pm for three years. PHOTO: FILE
Special Assistant to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has issued directions to the authorities concerned to ban heavy traffic, especially dumpers, from passing through Shamsabad village to avoid loss of precious human lives.
He said this during his visit to the heirs of a boy who was crushes to death by a dumper in the Shamsabad village.
He was accompanied by Attock DC Ali Anan Qamar, Hazro AC Maleeha Aeesar, Hazro Town Municipal Officer Sardar Aftab Khan and Malik Muhammad Shamshir Khan.
Aslam said that plying heavy traffic specially dumpers through this village was a potential threat to the precious lives of the residents.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2020.