KARACHI, May 4: Traffic jams of longer duration on Sir Abdullah Haroon Road, near electronics market, have become routine owing to haphazard parking of motorcycles and cars on either side of the road.
A large number of motorcyclists who throng the market for purchasing or selling new and old cellular phones usually park their vehicles on two of the total three lanes of Sir Abdullah Haroon Road, leaving only middle lane for the flow of traffic towards M A Jinnah Road.
Even on this single lane traffic moves at snail’s pace as a large number of people who throng the electronics market from every nook and corner of the city keep on crossing the road from various places.
Although traffic constables of Preedy police station usually waste no time in lifting vehicles from various parts of Saddar, they would not take any action against motorcyclists who not only park their vehicles on both the extreme right and left lanes of the road but also indulge in double parking.
One could see a battalion of traffic police officials standing or roaming all around the road and yet they play a role of silent spectators.
Motorists passing through the road, especially during evening peak hours, not only face immense difficulties but also waste their time and fuel as they are face traffic jams of longer durations.
Though motorists taking this route start facing obstacles shortly after 5pm, a chaotic condition continues to prevail there till 10.30pm as number of motorcyclists visiting the electronics market normally soars after sunset.
Motorists passing through the road complained that on the one hand they remain stuck up in traffic jam near electronics marker and, on the other they are off and on forced to apply sudden brakes as a large number of people in their bid to cross the road appear before their vehicles all of sudden.
During a visit to the market, one could see that those visiting the electronics market for either selling or purchasing cellular phones literally walk amid vehicular traffic as both the side lanes of the road often remain occupied with motorcycles and cars.
