For the last many months, I have been travelling form Lahore to Islamabad and other cities of Pakistan. I am absolutely flabbergasted to observe the worst public transport system. Due to this shocking system uncountable people are going to the absolute brink of collapse.
Students, who go to schools and colleges using these transportation facilities, are facing immense difficulties. Sometimes they have to travel a long distance by hanging on the sides of public vehicles. Indeed this situation can truly be harmful for students. More honestly, many of the students have licked the dust because of these unsolvable issues which ought to be dealt on priority basis.
Secondly, regular workers have to travel through public transport. That working class do not have excessive amount to purchase their personal vehicle to reach office at settled timings. Again, if they can manage to have their conveyance then that will pose ultimate threat to natural resources of the country which are already at deficient level.
Public transporters have to line their pocket only. Their ultimate aim is not to facilitate the people but to make their life miserable. I request authorities to resolve this issue; otherwise, entire nation will be plunged into the flaming fire ignited by nefarious transporters.
DR IRFAN ALMANI
Karachi
(II)
Traffic situation in Karachi is getting worse with each passing day. On one hand vehicles are increasing exponentially while roads are getting blocked due to the mega-development drive of the City District Government of Karachi (CDGK).
Instead of doing the development work in phases, the CDGK has opened all fronts in one go, leaving Karachi dug up from one end to the other. People blocked Nawab Siddique Ali Khan Road, running between Lasbella Bridge and Nazimabad Chowrangi, and S M Taufeeq Road between Teen Hatti Bridge and Liaquatabad flyover, to protest against prolonged power breakdowns in their localities.
Due to the blockade, the vehicles reaching the thoroughfares from different directions got stuck at Lasbella, Nazimabad, Teen Hatti and Karimabad intersections. The power breakdown also rendered traffic signals inoperative and the traffic police personnel who moved in to regulate the traffic flow failed to handle the massive clogging at so many places.
They can control traffic by widening of roads and construction of flyovers, underpasses in a scheduled and planned way (not at the same time in all locations) and intelligent traffic controlling systems.
SANA SARFARAZ
Karachi