The National Highway Authority (NHA) officials have been asked to conduct repair works on Karakorum Highway (KKH) at night to facilitate the commuters. Abbottabad Traffic SSP Tariq Mehmood has asked the NHA officials to speed up the repair work of KKH reminding that it is the only road which links six districts of Abbottabad with the northern areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at a meeting held at traffic headquarters to discuss the traffic jam issues due to delay in road repairs, SSP Mahmood said, KKH is the vital link that connects Abbottabad city with the tertiary healthcare facility of Ayub Medical Complex. He said Abbottabad was a hub of tourism and people travelling to various locations pass through it. The delay in roadwork has affected almost all the main and link roads of Abbottabad where people get stuck in traffic jam for hours during schools and office opening and closing time.

Source: The Express Tribune October 08, 2020 05:15 UTC