Multiple factors caused a massive traffic jam in southern Lahore in Samanabad, Yateem Khana, Gulshan Ravi, Multan Road, Sanda, Nawankot and Shera Kot on Thursday.
“It took me more than an hour to reach my house in Samanabad from Civil Secretariat which is only a 20 minutes drive”, a citizen Murtaza Syed said, adding that even small streets were clogged with traffic.
The Traffic Police Department, admitting the huge inflow of traffic, said the jam had occurred because of many events taking place at the same time. A police officer from the department said the wedding season was on its peak and it was a weekend also, adding “Tahirul Qadri’s ijtema also ended today (Thursday) hence there were more commuters than normal which led to the jam. A truck had also broken down at Babu Sabu and that aggravated the situation.”
The traffic police, trying their best, managed to start the flow of traffic again, he added.
Traffic jam keeps many trapped for hours
