RAWALPINDI: Following the instructions of Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Taimoor Khan, the City Traffic Police (CTP) Rawalpindi on Saturday has issued traffic plan to maintain the flow of traffic for 7th Muharram ul Harram processions.
The plan involves 199 officers and personnel, including 4 DSPs/Circle Incharges and 46 Traffic Wardens.
The main procession will start from Sadiqabad and pass through several key points including Nishtar Street, Transformer Chowk, Kurry Road, Chah Sultan Chowk, Chaklala Road, Glass Factory Chowk, Zafarul Haq Road, Leprosy Hospital, Murree Road, Committee Chowk, and Iqbal Road.
It will join other processions at Naya Mohalla Chowk and continue through Fawara Chowk, Raja Bazar, Dingi Khoi, Bansanwala Chowk, and Jamia Masjid Road, ending at Imambargah Qadmi.
The CTP Rawalpindi has made necessary arrangements to ensure public convenience and smooth traffic flow, preventing any untoward incidents until the procession passes Shaheen Chowk. Nishtar Street to Shaheen Chowk on Kurry Roa
d will be closed for all traffic, while Band Khanna Road and Murree Road will be open as alternate routes.
Murree Road will remain closed for all kind of traffic, with Rawal Road as its alternate route. The procession will pass through Committee Chowk, Liaquat Bagh Road, Iqbal Road, Alam Khan Road, and Fawara Chowk. Bansanwala Chowk and Bani Chowk will also be closed, with alternative routes including Rawal Road, Murree Road, City Sadar Road, Gunjamandi Road and Saidpur Road.
Liaquat Bagh Road, Iqbal Road, Alam Khan Road, and Fawara Chowk to Bansanwala Chowk will experience intermittent closures. Sector in-charges have been instructed to fully implement the traffic plan and ensure traffic flows smoothly on alternate routes, with no negligence.