No respite for commuters, motorists

Islamabad : A large number of commuters and motorists are still facing the usual unruly traffic coupled with haphazard movement on decaying portions of Islamabad Highway right from Korang Bridge near Gulberg Greens to PWD U-turn signal as the much awaited expansion and construction work could not commence.

Despite much fanfare to kick-start expansion of Korang Bridge and construction of underpass at PWD housing colony by the Capital Development Authority, no practical steps on ground could be witnessed so far.

According to motorists, only a muddy portion near the PWD road was dug up some four months back, but afterwards nothing happened.

The motorists have to brace the untold miseries of crisscrossing formidable lines of monstrous heavy vehicles occupying all lanes on this broken and bumpy stretch of road.

Farooq Satti, a daily commuter and employee of a private bank, Sunday complained that the daily traffic congestion which had become a hallmark of this signal free road now turning into nightmare with the nightfall.

Due to absence of traffic police and their indifferent attitude during night, heavy loaded trucks completely blocked the road, he added.

The snail paced movement of heavy traffic due to presence of trucks or impassable portions of rutted road during evening or night times, we can hardly make it to our homes after tiresome journey.

“Besides, wastage of precious time, our vehicles consume a lot of fuel in the frequent traffic jam,”Misbah Laeeq, a resident of Police foundation lamented. The estimated cost of these two structures was set as Rs1.30 billion.