CM Sindh directs to prepare new traffic management plan for Karachi

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has presided over a meeting regarding Traffic Management in the Metropolitan city Karachi here on Wednesday at the CM House.

During the meeting CM Sindh has directed preparation of new traffic management plan to resolve traffic Issues in the city.

He said that the traffic jams and poor traffic flow on important roads in the city during rush hours is the manifestation of poor traffic planning and management, therefore a new plan to manage traffic in Saddar, Metropole, Clifton and I.I.Chundrigar Road is need of the hour.

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Minister Local Government Nasir Shah, CM Advisor on Law Murtaza Wahab, PSCM Sajid Jamal Abro, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani, Adl IG Karachi Ghulam Nabi Memon, DIG Traffic Javed Maher, PD Karachi Package Khalid Masroor and Babr Sani attended the meeting.

The Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani gave presentation to the participants in which different options of one-way, removal of signals and installation of new signals were suggested.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said that there are different options of one way of different roads.

He suggested that the choking points at Metropole, Avari, I.I Chundrigar Road have to be removed with best traffic engineering.

The construction of flyover and under passes were not the appropriate solutions, he said.

Syed Murad Ali Shah gave three months to the team not only work out a feasible plan of traffic management but implement it from June 2020 when schools go on summer vacation.