KARACHI, Sept 30: Massive traffic jams at M. A. Jinnah extension road and Jail chowrangi road have become an order of the day owing to closure of atrack of the road for reconstruction.

The reconstruction of the road at a snail pace has been adding to miseries of commuters as traffic mess at the site had become a routine affair nowadays, especially in rush hours.

Though, the city government has reopened some major roads for general traffic aimed at easing traffic flow, it has failed to complete the reconstruction of M.A.Jinnah extension road that runs from Jail chowrangi to People’s chowrangi within the stipulated period of one year.

Besides the closure of the extension road, traffic police personnel deployed at the road to regulate traffic often remain absent during rush hours that further worsens the situation.

Adding to the public's miseries, the owners of car show rooms have occupied a major portion of the open track.

City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal had announced that all the encroachments set up on the footpaths and roadsides would be cleared before Ramazan.

Though the city government has removed encroachments from Shahrah-i-Pakistan, Saddar, Ayesha Manzil, Altaf Hussain Barelvi Road etc, it has failed to remove illegal car showrooms and inter-city bus terminal from M.A.Jinnah extension road and University road.—Online