Fruit vendor activity obstructs traffic
For vendors desperately hoping to sell their leftover stock of fruit from the day, the vicinity of busy highways, roads and bridges is a prudent yet illegal option for setting up a cart however, the profit maximizing gimmick used by businessmen has now become an amplified nuisance for regular commuters stuck in incessantly choked avenues. With Karachi continuing to attract a large population of migrant workers for commercial purposes, vendors selling fresh produce including vegetables and fruits at every nook and corner of the city is a pretty common sight. However, in recent times, the worsening state of the economy has led to a burgeoning in the number of fruit vendors, who have now expanded their business activity and are continuing trade after sunset alongside bustling road junctions, leading to incessant gridlocks, which block the flow of traffic for hours. “Fruit vendors come in the middle of the roads and highways during the evening and night hours. Due to such encroachments, tr...