The Canal Road widening project is underway with much fanfare by the Punjab government. It has caused severe environmental impact as well as hurt the cultural beauty of the city. Even though the Supreme Court has declared the Canal Road, its trees and the area these trees cover a public park, Punjab’s populist government has gone ahead with its project, uprooting and cutting down hundreds of trees, many of them decades old.
Even then, what makes the government suppose that this will solve traffic mess that this road has to face on a daily basis? With each new year, more vehicles are bound to come on to the provincial capital’s roads. Unless traffic management is handled in an efficient manner, there is no chance cutting down trees will help solve this issue.
KAINAT FATIMA
Lahore
