Dense fog disrupts traffic on motorways in Punjab, KP

Dense fog again blanketed parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on night between Thursday and Friday, paralyzing routine life and disrupting road traffic on Motorways.The thick fog has badly affected the flow of road traffic in several cities. According to a Motorway police spokesperson, the Motorway M1 from Burhan to Peshawar, Motorway M2 from Thokar Niaz Baig to Khanqah Dogran, M3 from Faizpur to Rajana, Motorway M11 from Mehmood Booti to Sambial have been closed to all kinds of traffic.The Motorway police have appealed the drivers to use Grand Trunk (GT) Road for travelling. They have also urged the drivers to drive slowly and switch on fog lights.The Motorway police have also requested the people to stay home and avoid unnecessary traveling. Dense fog has also disrupted traffic at several places in the Punjab on the National Highway due to low visibility.Meanwhile, smog level in the country has come down on Friday. Pakistan was at third place on the Swiss monitor IQAir with 230 AQI (air quality index) behind Indian capital New Delhi and Bangladesh’s Dhaka which are first and second at the chart.