GT Road witnesses massive traffic jam.

Byline: Israr Ahmad

Rawalpindi -- Tens of hundreds of people were stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic jam on GT Road after the city received heavy rain on Wednesday.

The rain also brought mercury down forcing people of twin cities to wear warm clothes to keep them warm in chilly weather. Rain also paralysed normal life as WAPDA and SNGPL suspended the supply of electricity and gas doubling the miseries of citizens.

Transport remained off the road and passengers faced hardships in reaching their destinations.

According to details, torrential rain hit the city bringing mercury down and causing gigantic traffic grid lock on GT Road and several other roads.

Among the worst affected were people going to their workplaces, schools, colleges, courts, offices and houses.

There was heavy traffic jam on GT Road from Morgah Morr to T Chowk Rawat. Huge rain water gushed out on GT Road near Toyota Company Stop making the road a no go zone for commuters. Also, rain water inundated at Pirwadhai and Committee Chowk underpasses, Saddar, Shakrial, Kuri Road and other low-lying areas including Pirwadhai, Badar Colony, Nadim Colony, Raja Bazaar, Mohanpura, Kartar Pura, Afshan Colony and many other areas. Furthermore, the irresponsible parking outside the private schools near Sihala Morr also caused a traffic jam.

Similarly, traffic jam could be experienced on Murree Road, Peshawar Road, Saddar, Adiala Road and Commercial Market. However, the traffic wardens following instructions of Chief Traffic Officer Muhammad Bin Ashraf put all out efforts to ease traffic flow to facilitate the citizens during heavy rain.

'It took about 6 hours to reach Police Station Morgah from Gujar Khan due to heavy traffic jam,' said SHO Raja Aizaz while talking to The Nation. He said rain water inundated at Soan due to which traffic jam occurred.

'I was going to Katcheri from Bahria when got stuck in traffic jam,' said Navid Nafees, a car owner. He added it was difficult for him to move even for an inch in one hour due to bumper to bumper traffic jam on GT Road.

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