Aabpara Market without parking space
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ISLAMABAD: Despite the fact that the concerned authorities should provide proper parking area to the people visiting markets, the visitors have no other choice but to park vehicles on roadside or empty area near Aabpara market as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) could not open the planned parking area on time.
The main commercial hub of the capital turns into a crowded place when a large number of people visit every evening but they find it hard to park their vehicles as the market has no proper place or space for the parking. Ikhlaaq Ahmad, a visitor, told The Spokesman that, “I came here to buy some medicines but it took me almost 10 minutes to find a space to park my vehicle as the market has no proper place for parking.”
He said that the slot allocated on the other side of road for parking was insufficient. Ali Ahmad, another visitor, stated, “I had to park my car far away from the shop I needed to visit because I did not get any space nearby that shop, and it looks like the concerned authorities has no planning to facilitate citizens.”
All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiraan Vice President Muhammad Ajmal Baloch told The Spokesman that the traders were also facing problems regarding parking slots as they also need to park their vehicles at market. He said that the issue would be solved as a new parking area in the market would be opened for the public in the next week, and hopefully, the CDA chairman himself would inaugurate it.
“Every day I park my vehicle at the residential area which is close to Aabpara because it was turning very hard for me to find a parking space near my shop daily. There are many other shopkeepers who are either somehow managing to park their vehicles nearby their shops or in market, or are turning towards the residential area for this purpose,” said Rashid Ali, a shopkeeper of the market. A traffic official requesting anonymity told The Spokesman that the parking issue in Aabpara has caused a big problem regarding traffic because many of the visitors park their vehicle close to road which disturbed the whole traffic system. A few years ago, the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) had requested CDA to allot a parking area to shift out the burden on roads, and the civic body then had announced the parking area but the project could not be finalized due to some internal politics.
The main commercial hub of the capital turns into a crowded place when a large number of people visit every evening but they find it hard to park their vehicles as the market has no proper place or space for the parking. Ikhlaaq Ahmad, a visitor, told The Spokesman that, “I came here to buy some medicines but it took me almost 10 minutes to find a space to park my vehicle as the market has no proper place for parking.”
He said that the slot allocated on the other side of road for parking was insufficient. Ali Ahmad, another visitor, stated, “I had to park my car far away from the shop I needed to visit because I did not get any space nearby that shop, and it looks like the concerned authorities has no planning to facilitate citizens.”
All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiraan Vice President Muhammad Ajmal Baloch told The Spokesman that the traders were also facing problems regarding parking slots as they also need to park their vehicles at market. He said that the issue would be solved as a new parking area in the market would be opened for the public in the next week, and hopefully, the CDA chairman himself would inaugurate it.
“Every day I park my vehicle at the residential area which is close to Aabpara because it was turning very hard for me to find a parking space near my shop daily. There are many other shopkeepers who are either somehow managing to park their vehicles nearby their shops or in market, or are turning towards the residential area for this purpose,” said Rashid Ali, a shopkeeper of the market. A traffic official requesting anonymity told The Spokesman that the parking issue in Aabpara has caused a big problem regarding traffic because many of the visitors park their vehicle close to road which disturbed the whole traffic system. A few years ago, the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) had requested CDA to allot a parking area to shift out the burden on roads, and the civic body then had announced the parking area but the project could not be finalized due to some internal politics.
CDA spokesperson Ramzan Sajid said that opening of the new parking area in Aabpara was delayed due to some internal issues of the civic authority regarding the approval. But soon, he said it would be opened for the public parking and the parking issue would be resolved soon.
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