Bahrain cops launch Ramadan traffic blitz

TRAFFIC PLAN: Extra police have been deployed to cope with congestion problems in Bahrain during Ramadan.

Traffic trouble-shooting squads are out in force to combat congestion on Bahrain's roads during Ramadan, police have announced.

Police are expecting major jams during the holy month, exacerbated by nationwide roadworks and government schools reopening next week.

Extra police will be at every major junction, accompanied by technicians, to manually alter traffic lights, to ease backlogs in any given direction, reported the Gulf Daily News on Wednesday.

Patrol vehicles will be out in force to keep drivers in check and deal with snarl-ups.

All heavy vehicles have been banned from main roads during the rush hours of 7:30am to 8:30am and from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, to ease congestion.

"We are expecting major traffic jams in the mornings and the afternoons during this month, especially next week when school starts again," said the General Directorate of Traffic's traffic culture director Major Moosa Al Dosari told the paper.

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