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Punjab bans entry of heavy traffic in Lahore on Friday, Saturday, Sunday

To ensure the ban, personnel have been deployed at 12 entrance and exit routes of the city
Motorists face difficulties due to the road being closed with trucks at Murree Road Faizabad area in Rawalpindi on October 18, 2024. Online
Motorists face difficulties due to the road being closed with trucks at Murree Road Faizabad area in Rawalpindi on October 18, 2024. Online

The Punjab government has banned the entry of heavy transport into Lahore for three days. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, no heavy traffic, loader tractor would be allowed to enter.

To ensure the ban, personnel have been deployed at 12 entrance and exit routes of the city under the supervision of DSPs,

Heavy traffic, dilapidated, extremely dangerous black smoke and vehicles without fitness certificates are not allowed,

Exempt from the ban, petrol, medicines, food and passenger vehicles are allowed to enter after checking, CTO Lahore Amara Athar said. “The implementation of the ban is being ensured 100 per cent,” she added.

Transporters should follow government orders for smog prevention and healthy air, she said.

Athar said that the Lahore Traffic Police was also carrying out a heavy crackdown against vehicles emitting smoke, fines worth lakhs are being imposed daily and hundreds of vehicles and vehicles are being stopped, CTO Lahore said.

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