Over 21,000 vehicles entered Murree during Eid.

RAWALPINDI -- During the last two days about 21,095 vehicles entered Murree and 13,788 exited. As many as 7,307 of these vehicles belonged to tourists as the district administration and traffic police had been enforcing a ban on entry of not more than 8,000 vehicles in the hill station during Eid holidays.

City Police Officer (CPO) Omer Saeed Malik along with Chief Traffic Officer Naveed Irshad and Superintendent of Police Haider Ali visited Murree and reviewed arrangements that were made to facilitate tourists.

Mr Irshad said more than 360 traffic police personnel had been deployed to maintain traffic for the convenience of tourists. On the third day of Eid, there were 7,307 vehicles in Murree whereas the hill station has the capacity to park only 3,500.

'In view of the orders of the district administration, entry ban for more than 8,000 vehicles was being enforced by the city traffic police,' said the CTO, adding that all highways of Murree are open for traffic and traffic was normal.

Despite being a two-way and narrow road, there was no traffic problem on any of Murree's highways, he added...