RAWALPINDI: City traders have expressed concern on ever increasing encroachments on roads and demanded of the City Traffic Police to remove these illegal encroachments to end frequent traffic jams which was effecting their business.
President Traders Welfare Association Sharjeel Mir led by a delegation met CTO Yousaf Shahid and conveyed their concern regarding growing encroachments in the markets.
He said illegal car parking is common even in the presence of traffic cops, creating massive traffic logjam and also causing accidents. He said due to lack of parking space many markets of downtown areas were losing customers and distances of minutes are being covered in hours due to acute road encroachments and traffic stuckups.
The CTO acknowledging the veracity of the traders complaints assured them that their concerns would be addressed as traffic police was faced with staff shortage.
