SIALKOT – The Sialkot civic departments have miserably failed to resolve traffic problems. Traffic mess on almost every road is still an unresolved problem and this speaks of professional incompetence and negligence of the department. Traffic jams have now become a routine feature.
It also irritates and frustrates people especially those travelling in an emergency. One can witness worst traffic situations at peak hours on Kutchery Road, Paris Road, Chowk Allama Iqbal, Railway Road, Comissioner Road, Haji Pura Road, Kasmir Road, Karim Pura Road, and Raja Road. At peak hours, vehicles on these roads crawl whole the day to much inconvenience and nuisance of the commuters.
Illegal parking stands, wrong halting points allotted to passenger vans and motorcycle-rickshaws on roads, overlapping timings of offices and educational institutions, slow moving vehicles on main roads, massive encroachments, poor condition of roads, violation of traffic rules, increasing number of private vehicles and lack of public transport system were some of the major reasons for traffic muddles during the year 2010 and ironically no adequate measures were taken to remove these problems.
Traffic signals, which play an important role in regulating smooth traffic, were not seen working properly on many occasions during the year.