Karachi Heavy Traffic Petition Court Urged for Strict Monitoring
JI Karachi’s Ameer Munam Zafar, opposition leader in KMC Saifuddin advocate and Muhammad Farooq MPA in their petition pleaded to the high court to bind the Sindh government, police department, and the KMC to monitor heavy traffic in the metropolis.
Chief Secretary Sindh, Secretary Transport and Mass Transit, and IG Police Sindh have been made respondents in the petition.
Usman Farooq Advocate pleaded that the negligence of authorities resulted in a large number of deaths of citizens by heavy vehicles.
Petitioners have requested strict implementation of the notification about the entry of heavy traffic in the city from 10:00 at night to 6:00 in the morning.
“A permanent system should be devised for monitoring and management of the heavy traffic in the city,” the petition suggested.
The KMC should be ordered to take steps for the improvement and maintenance of the city’s roads.
Petitioners requested that details of the use of funds allocated for carpeting of roads should be summoned and an audit of the funds spent on roads should be conducted.
The petitioners also sought the court to fix compensation for the citizens who died or were injured in accidents.
Petitioners pleaded for the court’s order to enforce the Amal Umer Act adding that last year 773 citizens lost their lives and over 2000 injured in road accidents in Karachi.
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