KARACHI, June 6: The city government on Tuesday announced setting up of three routes for entry of goods vehicles into the city to reach the Karachi Port and their timings.
Route A includes Northern Bypass leading to the Super Highway, RCD Highway, Gulbai, Site, and Maripur Road to Karachi Port Trust.
Route B includes the Hawkesbay Truck Stand to Maripur Road, Mai Kolachi Bypass, Sunset Boulevard, Main Korangi Road, Korangi Industrial Area and Landhi Industrial Area.
Route C includes the Main Link Road from the National Highway to the Super Highway.
A press release of the CDGK issued here on Tuesday said that according to the Section-144 no goods vehicle could run on Routes B and C from 8am to 10am and from 5pm to 8pm. However, the press release did not mention the timings for goods vehicles on the Route A.
The press release further said a delegation of the Goods Transport Federation called on the city nazim at his office and apprised him of their problems.
The nazim said that to allow the goods vehicles to move freely in the inner areas of the city would further aggravate the traffic problems in the city.
He said that to solve these problems, routes and timings were set up with the consent of the transporters.—PPI
