vAbdul Khaliq Qureshi
Abbottabad
120 years old small bridge on main KKH road at Fawara Chowk badly damaged and traffic police has diverted the traffic on the inner lane of the main road from Fawara Chowk passing from main General Bus Stand. NHA officials on the pressing demand of traffic police and keeping the importance of the main road on Karakorum High Way (CPEC) route has started repair work and officials present at the occasion told reporters that it will take one month time to get repaired.
SP Traffic Warden Tariq Mahmood Khan along with NHA officials said that the bridge which was catering the needs of at least six districts of Hazara and northern areas, heavy loaded vehicles of CPEC, goods transport and public transport vehicles with inner city traffic was using the bridge as road link and condition of the bridge was worsening day by day and chances of major disaster was there for which on the complaints of the general public and traffic police, repair work is being started on Saturday.
In a further complaint lodged with the administration was the removal of encroachment of the adjacent areas of the bridge on which action from district administration is awaited. Qazi Muhammad Azhar Advocate, Chairman Hazara Qumi Mahaz has strongly criticized the line department for their negligence to remove the illegal encroachments and valuable land from land grabbers especially adjacent to the main KKH in Abbottabad area.
Director National High Ways Authority Hazara Region Akhunzada Khan Wazir, Deputy Director Syed Kamal Hussain Shah, contractor Mujahid told that on war foot basis work is being started.
