Sindh government on Thursday announced traffic plan for Muharram processions On 8th Muharram, procession will be taken out from Nishter Park, via Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto Road, Father Jaminis Road, Mehfil-e-Shah-e-Khurasan M.A. Jinnah Road, Mainsfield Street, Preedy Street, again MA. Jinnah Road (right turn Baba-e-Urdu Road) crossing of Chand Bibi Road, Nishter Road, , Altaf Hussain Road (old Napier Road), M.A. Jinnah Road, Boulton Market, Bombay Bazar, Nawab Khanjee Road and will culminated at Hussainian Iranian lmam Bargah.
On 9th Muharram (tomorrow) at 09:00 am a procession will be taken out from Markazi Imam Bargah Liaqatabad and the procession will first go to Martin Road lmam Bargah and thereafter it will come to Nishter park where majlis will be held. On the same day at about 12:00 (noon), the procession will be taken out from Nishter Park for Iranian Hussainian Imambargab, Kharadar via Nishter Park, Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto Road, Father Jaminis Road, Mehfil-e-Shah-e-Khurasan M.A. Jinnah Road, Mainsfield Street Preedy Street, again M.A Jinnah Road Bolton Market, Bombay Bazar, Kharadar Nawab Khanjee Road to Hussainian Iranian Imambargah.
On 10th Muharram (25 November 2012), a large Majlis will be held at Nishter park at 07:30 am to 0900 am and after the majlis a procession will start and proceed via route of 9th Muhaarram's procession. As soon as the procession will start from Nishter park, all vehicular traffic coming from city side will be diverted to Soldier bazaar Road from the junction of M.A. Jinnah Road/ Dr Jawood Pota Road.
All the traffic on Soldier Bazar Road from its junction with Dr Dawood Pota Road up to its junction with Khan Bahadur Naqi Muhammad Khan Road shall flow one way. All buses, minibuses and Trucks etc coming from Nazimabad side will be diverted onto Nishter Road towards Zoological garden to reach their destinations.
All buses, minibuses and trucks etc coming from Liaquatahad side will be diverted onto Martin Road towards Jail side. These vehicles shall, however, be permitted to proceed upto Jail and shall then proceed via Jamshed Road, Dada Bhoy Noorani Road, Kashmir Road, Shahra-e-Quaideen, Shahra-e-Faisal up to Gora Qabrustan and then via Mubarak Shaheed Road, lqbal Shaheed Road, Lucky Star, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Dr Dawoodpota Road, Preedy Street to their normal route.
When the head of the procession reaches at the junction of M.A. Jinnah Road, Mansfiled Street these vehicles shall proceed straight for 602 EME workshop, Mubarak Shahecd Road, Iqbal Shaheed Road, Lucky Star, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Fatima Jinnah Road, Moulana Wafai Road, Dr Ziauddin Road, M.A. Jinnah Road till the situation permits when these vehicles shall be diverted onto I.I Chundrigar Road from the junction of court Road / MR Kiyani Road.
All buses, minibuses approaching city from Stadium Road side shall proceed via New M.A Jinnah Road, these vehicles shall be diverted at Dada Bhoy Noorani Road towards Kashmir Road from its junction with New M. A Jinnah Road, link Road behind Mazar-e-Quaid. All trucks, buses, minibuses approaching from Superhighway shall be diverted from Al-Azam Square towards Chowrangi No 2 Nazimabad and shall proceed along Estate Avenue Road, Sher Shah to Maripur Road, for return journey these vehicles shall adopt the same route.
All buses, mini buses and trucks approaching from National Highway side shall proceed via Rashid Minhas Road, Stadium Road, Sir Shah Suleman Road, Hassan Square , Liaqatabad No 10, Nazimabad Chowrangi No 2, Habib Bank, Manghopir Road, Estate Avenue Road, Sher Shah, Maripur Road, for return journey these vehicles shall also adopt the same route.
All kind of traffic shall not be permitted to proceed towards the route of the procession from Guru Mandir (Roundabout). These vehicles shall be diverted on to Bahadur Yar Jang Road and again into Khan Bahadur Naqi Muhammad Khan Road, under no circumstances these vehicles shall be permitted to proceed along Soldier Bazar made from the junction of Khan Buhadur Naqi Muhammad Khan Road/ Bahadur Yar Jang Road.
All kind of traffic coming from Quaid-e-Azam Mazar side along M.A Jinnah Road will be diverted towards Bahadur Yar Jang Road. No vehicular traffic will be permitted to proceed towards Numaish Chowrangi under any circumstances. All vehicular traffic approaching Numaish Chowrangi via Shahra-e-Quaideen (except those arriving for participating in the procession having stickers pasted on their wind screens issued from Deputy inspector General of Police, Traffic, Karachi) shall not be allowed to proceed from the Society Office Roundabout behind Mazar-e-Quaid, no bus / minibus, truck will be permitted to proceed beyond this roundabout towards Numaish Chowrangi.
All traffic going towards Saddar and other colonies will not be permitted to proceed towards Empress Market from the junction of (1) Preedy Street, Sarmad Road (2) Preedy Street / M.A. Jinnah Road (3) Shahra-e-Liaquat, Court Road and (4) Shahrah-e-Liaquat/ Muhammad Bin Qasim Road when the head of the procession reaches near the crossing of M.A. Jinnah Road.
Similarly, all vehicular traffic proceeding towards Saddar via M.A. Jinnah Road side shall not be permitted to proceed from its junction with Preedy Street and Agha Khan Road. All traffic coming from Keamari side will be terminated at Ghass Bunder Railway Quarters and as soon as the head of the procession (Sunni Procession) reaches at the junction of M.A. Jinnah Road! Donnelly Road, theses vehicles shall ply in shuttle service between Keamari to Railway Quarter, (Ghass Bunder and M.A. Jinnah Road.
All buses coming from west wharf side, and Maripur Road side will be terminated at the junction of Aga Khan Road/ Edulje Dinshaw Road, the Traffic from West Wharf and Maripur Road sides will however, be permitted to proceed via Aga Khan Road/ G. Allana Road till the situation permits.
All traffic coming and bound from Keamari and Maripur Road, M.T. Khan Road will travel via Jinnah Bridge till the time head of the procession reaches at the junction of M.A Jinnah Road, Donnelly Road and thereafter all the traffic will be suspended from the junction of M .T Khan Road/ Jinnah bridge. In the night of 9th/10th Muharram, Tazia procession will be carried out throughout the city. The following Traffic arrangement will be made by the government of Sindh.
All buses approaching Saddar from Jamshed Road side will proceed straight on to M.A Jinnah Road and will not he permitted to come on Mansfield Street after 10:00 am Similarly, buses coming from city side on Shahrah-e-Liaquat bound for the colonies via empress market will be diverted onto Muhammad Bin Qasim Road / M.A Jinnah Road, the buses bound to Malir and Shahrah-e-Faisal will be diverted onto Court Road, Moulana Wafai Road (Old Stratchen Road) A.H. Road, M.W Road to Shahrah-e-Faisal.
Al buses from Korangi side bound from Saddar will be diverted back from the junction of Mansfield Street, Rafiqui Shaheed Road, Sarwar Shaheed Road and Lucky Star. Area bound by Preedy Street, MA. Jinnah Road, Mansfield Street and Shahrah-e-Iraq will be closed to all vehicles by 2000 hours or earlier if needed. The residents of the area will however be permitted to reach their residences. All buses bound for M.W Tower from Lea market other colony will use Aga Khan Road, Dalumel Chela Ram Road, Mir Mohammad Baloch Road and Shidi Village Road.
The stretch of the Road between the junction of Nawab Mohábat Khanji Road, Shidi Village Road, Aga Khan Road Dalumel Chela Road will be out of bound to all public conveyance trucks, buses, minibuses and motorcycles, rickshaws etc No vehicle shall be permitted to park along the route of the procession.-PR
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