TRAFFIC congestion is a significant problem across Lahore, with chaotic traffic creating problems for commuters, particularly on the Ferozepur Road near the metro terminal station.

Due to the lack of any traffic engineering module by Transport Engineering and Planning Agency and incapacity of traffic wardens, the roads are often jam packed with traffic of all sorts. The haphazard traffic, which flows from and to eight different directions at Gajumatta, violates all the relevant rules, including the one-way dispensation.

The absence of zebra crossing at specific places adds fuel to the fire and aggravates the situation for pedestrians. There is a dire need for improving the traffic conditions until the ring road is completed.

The chief traffic officer of the city should visit the place to check the horrible flow of traffic from Ittefaq Bridge to the Ring Road where illegal parking exacerbates the problem.

Zafar Iqbal
Lahore

Published in Dawn, October 25th, 2020