Over 3,500 heavy vehicles, including dumper trucks involved in garbage disposal, will continue to ply on city roads round the clock after the Sindh government exempted trucks carrying water, petroleum products, medicines, meat and other essential goods from a ban imposed on the movement of heavy traffic during the daytime.
However, Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar made it clear that heavy vehicles carrying construction material such as cement, sand and gravel, crushed stones and iron rods would not be allowed to enter the city limits during the daytime.
A high-level meeting, chaired by Mr Lanjar and attended by Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab and Commissioner Hasan Naqvi, decided to allow the entry of all heavy traffic into the city from 11pm to 6am.
The meeting was held to review the measures being taken in view of growing incidence of traffic accidents, mostly involving dumpers and other heavy vehicles.
