Travel Multan: Chungi No 7

Thursday, June 9, 2011

What is Chungi in Multan?

Chungi reffers to Mahsul Chungi which is now moder Toll Plaza. These Chungi were to collect the tax from the trades having Multan city with others. Those days these Chungi were made on the roads which were leaving out of the city but now with the expansion of the city all Chungi came inside the city and even Chungi No 9 is said to be the hot spot and center of city.

Multan: Modern look of Chungi No 9 with a flyover and commercialization

Few famous chungi of Multan are
Chungi No 9 near to fort Kohna a busy traffic place with 5 legs and commercial
Chungi No 6 Gulgasht near to Govt Emerson College Multan, famous commercial and eating place
Chungi No 8 less commercial but very famous landmark
Chungi No 7 another famous landmark
Chungi No 1 not well developed but a famous land mark
Chungi No 22 less developed but a famous land mark
Chuungi No 14 very near to old walled city and Khuni Burj

Kachehry Chowk to Chungi No 8 Via Chungi No 7 Flyover in Multan

Previously Kachehry chowk flyover a 4-lane flyover existed for a decade but new flyover of Chungi no 8 and Chungi no 7 will join this flyover and whole flyover will become a single piece. It crosses Kachehry chowk, Chungi No 7 Chowk, Chungi No 8 Chowk and then ends It is Y-shaped flyover with a one way slip leaving flyover towards Gulgasht colony and at the same time main flyover taking turn to right. Length of main flyover is 1.5Km with additional slip of nearly 200+ meters towards Gulgasht.