Sindh orders crackdown on encroachments on Karachi roads
Illegal bus stands in Karachi will be moved outside city limits as part of the plan to ease traffic.
The Sindh government decided on Friday to launch a major crackdown on encroachments along key roads in Karachi, ARY News reported.
The plan was agreed at a high-level meeting chaired by Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon.
In the first phase, all illegal encroachments on University Road, other major thoroughfares and routes of the People's Bus Service will be removed.
Police, the city administration and the transport department will carry out the joint operation, the meeting decided.
The meeting also approved strict action against illegal bus stands that cause traffic jams in the city.
Under the decision, illegal bus stands in Sohrab Goth and other parts of the city will be shifted outside city limits.
To put the plan into effect, the meeting also discussed proposals to build new modern bus stands outside Karachi and to expand the existing Karachi Bus Terminal.
Traffic congestion has long been a serious problem in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and its main commercial hub.
Roadside encroachments and informal bus stands are frequently blamed for blocking traffic on busy corridors across the city.
The decision does not set a start date for the operation, so commuters on University Road and other main roads will have to wait for details on how the changes will be carried out.
