Traffic plan for Rabiul Awwal processions announced

KARACHI: The Karachi traffic police have announced a traffic plan for the 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal on Monday.

The main processions in connection with Eid Milad-un-Nabi will be organised on MA Jinnah Road.

A procession will be taken out at 2:30pm and its route will be: Shaheed Masjid Kharadar, Plastic Market, Denso Hall, Light House, Jamia Cloth, Saeed Manzil, Frere Chowk, left turn from Nasira School and then to Masjid-e-Gulzar-e-Habib.

Another procession at 2:30 pm will start from Memon Masjid and then proceed towards MA Jinnah Road, Tibet Center, Regal Chowk, Sharea Liaquat, Fresco Chowk and then to Aram Bagh Masjid.

A procession will start at 3:00pm from Memon Masjid and then head towards MA Jinnah Road, Tibet Center, Numaish and then to Nishtar Park.

When the main procession on MA Jinnah Road will proceed from Shaheed Masjid Kharadar and Memon Masjid, vehicular traffic from the side of Lea Market, Agha Khan Jamat Khana, Kharadar, Crane Chowrangi, G Allana Road and Mai Kolachi will not be allowed to proceed to MA Jinnah Road and diverted to an alternate road.

The vehicular traffic from Keamari via Jinnah Bridge will not be allowed to proceed to Merewether Tower and diverted to alternate roads from Jinnah Bridge. All roads, streets and lanes on both sides of the routes of the procession will be closed for all type of traffic.

Traffic will be diverted to alternate roads, street and lanes from the following points from Merewether Tower to Purani Naumish and Nishtar Park:  junction of II Chundrigar Road and Mumtaz Hussain Road, junction of II Chundrigar Road and Mir Karam Ali Talpur Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Awan-e-Alamgir Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Sara-e-Alamgir Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Altaf Hussain Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Hussan Ali Affandi Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Baba-e-Urdu Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Mohammad Bin Qasim Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat leading towards High Court Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Sarmad Road, junction of Sharea Liaquat and Abdullah Haroon Road, All other street and lanes on Sharea Liaquat, junction of Preedy Street and Dr Dawood Pota Road, junction of Preedy Street and Preedy Police Station Road, junction of AH Road opposite Ghafoor Chamber, junction of Aga Khan Road leading towards Grammar School, junction of Dr Dawoodpota Road leading to Mansfield Street, junction of Mansfield Street leading to Lines Area, all roads, streets and lanes from Mansfield Street to Purani Numaish, junction of Sharea Quaideen and Link Road behind Mazar-e-Quaid, junction of Link Road behind Dadabhoy Noorji Road , the intersection opposite the Islamia College, junction of Altaf Hussain Road leading to City Courts near Denso Hall, and junction of Dr Tahir Saifuddin Road leading to Hassan Ali Affandi Road behind the session courts building.

Other routes are: junction of Hassan Ali Affandi Road and Chand Bibi Road, junction of NJV School and MA. Jinnah Road, junction of Jamila Street leading to Anklesaria Hospital, junction of Agha Khan 3rd Road and Coast Guard Road, junction of Soldier Bazar and Kiyani Road opposite to the Coast Guards Headquarters, junction of Soldier Bazar and Mansfield Street, all roads, streets and lanes on Soldier Bazaar and Bahadur Yar Jang Road from Agha Khan Road to Guru Mandir, and all roads, streets and lanes from Altaf Hussain Road to Anklesaria Hospital. Traffic from University Road via New MA Jinnah road will not be allowed beyond the Jail Road flyover and diverted to Kashmir Road.

Traffic coming from University Road via New MA Jinnah Road shall not be allowed to proceed to MA Jinnah Road and will be diverted from the left turning to Ayesha Aziz Roundabout to Sharea Quaideen or the Corridor III to Saddar Road.

Traffic approaching Guru Mandir from the Peoples Chowrangi will not be allowed to proceed to MA Jinnah Road and will be diverted from Banori Town Light Signal to Central Jail side.

Traffic approaching Guru Mandir from Lasbella via Business Recorder Road will not be allowed to proceed to MA Jinnah Road and will be diverted to Jahangir Road, Jamshed Road, and Banori Town Light Signal to the Central Jail side.

All roads, streets and lanes of Bahadur Yar Jung Road from Guru Mandir to Mansfield Street will be closed. Traffic from Sharea Quaideen will not be allowed to proceed to old Numaish and it will be diverted to Aysha Aziz Chowrangi to Kashmir Road.