ISLAMABAD: PLM-N led coalition government has arranged thousands of containers to seal the federal capital completely in order to counter the potential Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaft (PTI) long march.
1,100 containers had been arranged to seal the capital completely during the PTI’s long march and out of the total 525 containers have been placed at 22 different roadsides so far, according to sources.
They said that D-Chowk had also been covered with the containers and razor wires, adding that Nadra Chowk had been sealed with containers and that three Rangers’ Quick Response Force (QRF) vehicles were monitoring the area.
Sources said that Police personnel have been receiving training to stop the long march. They are equipped with small, medium and large-sized tools with iron bars to stop the vehicles and motorcycles carrying PTI workers.
These tools, according to the sources, will be thrown on the roads to puncture the tyres of the cars and motorcycles.
The government has decided to stop participants of the long march from reaching the federal capital, sources said.
For the police preparation, including paying the costs of manpower and resources to thwart the PIT’s long march, the government has allocated a grant of Rs410 million. 259 million rupees were approved for the hiring of vehicles and containers, 35 million rupees for feeding/diet/food expenses, 31 million rupees for fuel expenses, 15 million rupees for anti-riot gears, 2.5 million rupees for building rentals, 3 million rupees for others, and 64.4 million rupees for hardware.
