City Traffic Police (CTP) Rawalpindi has devised a comprehensive traffic plan to maintain traffic flow on the occasion of EidMilad-ul-Nabi (PBUH) to be celebrated on Friday.
More than 455 traffic police officers and traffic wardens will be on special duty to provide the best traffic facilities to the citizens under which parking of vehicles or handcarts on the route of the Milad processions would be prohibited.
According to a CTP spokesman, two main processions will be taken out and the first procession will start from Jamia Masjid HanafiaJamia Masjid Road at 10:00 am which will pass through different routes of the city including Pul Shah Nazar, BaniChowk, Murree Road, Committee Chowk, Liaquat Road, FawaraChowk, passing through DungiKhoi and will return back to starting point.
The routes of the procession will be closed to traffic by putting up a diversion. Traffic going from Rawalpindi to Islamabad will be diverted from Jang Building U-turn towards KachhariChowk. Whereas, Traffic from LiaquatBagh to FawaraChowk will be diverted from DAV College towards Gawalmandi.
The second procession will be taken out at 9:30 AM from Chongi No. 22 which will start from Tench Road DhokSyedanChowk, KalmaChowk, No. 22 Chowk, Adara Road, State Life Building Turn, MH Chowk, MahfoozChowk, MansehraAdda, Cantt, Nishtar Street, Adamji Road, MithukhanHata, Railway Road Military Account, Kamran Market to GTS Chowk (Old VaranAdda) and after passing through will be culminated.
During the procession, traffic coming from KalmaChowk to Chungi 22 Chowk will be diverted to Harley Street.
Traffic going to KhattakChowk CMH and Tench will be diverted towards Harley Street, while when the procession reaches Mall Road, traffic coming from Peshawar Road will be diverted towards Qasim Market.
Traffic coming from KatcheryChowk towards TM Chowk will be diverted towards Murree Road. He said that Murree Road from MarrirChowk to Benazir Bhutto Hospital would remain closed during the main procession while the traffic coming from Islamabad to be sent to Rawal Road and Islamabad bound traffic from Saddar, Rawalpindi would be diverted towards KatcheryChowk from Marrir.
