Roadside vendors barred from using footpaths

Quetta administration decided to restrict roadside vendors to use footpaths for business, while carts would be removed from Joint Road, Airport Road and Liaquat Park and would be shifted to the designated places.

It was decided in a meeting chaired by Quetta Deputy Commissioner Major (retd) Aurangzeb Badini and attended by Superintendent of Police Traffic Muhammad Javed, RTA Secretary Ismail Sanjrani, Sariab Assistant Commissioner Yasir Dashti, Quetta Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Zohaib, Metropolitan Chief Ataullah Baloch and other officials.

The participants of the meeting discussed in detail the issue of traffic jams in Quetta causing problems to commuters and various steps taken and its progress in this regard.

They decided to take strict action against the roadside vendors who violate the rules and they would be punished.

Besides, the participants decided to reserve Abdul Sattar Road till Archer Road for pedestrians and the area would be banned for all kinds of traffic.

To resolve the issue, it was decided to shift motorcycle showrooms out of the city as well as a crackdown on illegal and unregistered rickshaws was also in process with 26 rickshaws were so far banned in the city during the current year. The administration also decided to ban the import of rickshaws in Quetta.

All encroachments connected to Baldia Plaza should be removed immediately.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 21^st, 2021.