Roads in Tench Bhatta need urgent widening

Rawalpindi
The bustling population of Tench Bhatta, a civilian locality under Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) administration direly needs widening of roads for overcoming problem of traffic congestion at present as the commuters suffers a lot most of the time a day.
A single lane road from Kyani Road till Dhoke Syedan remains clogged all the time particularly in wee hours of morning and evening and the commuters travel this almost three kilometer distance in an hour.
Moreover, this 30 to 40 feet wide road is utterly dilapidated and encroachments have also covered a large part of it. The residents of the area have got another option in the shape of a road that is connecting People’s Colony to Dhoke Chaudrian and Afshan Colony. But this road is hardly 25 to 30 feet wide and also in dilapidated conditions. The inhabitants of the area have demanded of the civic body to construct both the roads to new and also increase their width. It is getting stuck in traffic in Tench Bhata has become a norm for the residents of the area.
Ali Nidal who is doing a private job told this correspondent that coming from work, one needs to reach his destination as he feels tired from the daily routine work. But reaching Tench requires some extra energy to bear brunt of the traffic mess.
Mohammad Ishaq, a resident said that the bustling population of Tench Bhatta direly needs a road to decrease their mental agony. RCB should widen both roads to facilitate the residents and it requires no big money to do away with the task.
Mazhar Iqbal, a resident said that the under the newly announced chief minister roads programme, these roads should be constructed immediately as the civilian population of Tench Bhatta depends these roads for their access to main city. Since most of the facilities were based in the main city so people travel these roads very often a day.
When this correspondent drew the attention of the RCB Chief Executive Officer Fahim Zafar Khan, he said that the concerned staff would be directed to conduct a survey of these areas and submit him a road map. If any space is left for widening purpose, then the project in this connection would be approved and funds would be allotted in the next annual budget of RCB. However, before that period, the CEO assured to get all types of encroachments from both sides of the two mentioned roads with the purpose of ensuring smooth flow of traffic.