Traffic remains slow moving along the highways heading to north and east from the city as at 9pm today while the traffic towards south remains under control.

A spokesman for the Plus Expressways Traffic Control Centre, when contacted by Bernama, said north bound traffic witnessed congestion from Slim River to Sungkai and from Ipoh to Sungai Perak R&R.

"Traffic is also slow moving between Bidor and Tapah," he said.

Meanwhile, a spokesman of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) said the eastward traffic on the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) heading to the Gombak toll plaza and up to Bukit Tinggi is also slow.

The public can obtain information on the traffic situation via the toll-free Plusline 1800-88-0000 and Twitter account at www.twitter.com/plustrafik or the LLM toll-free line 1800-88-7752 and Twitter account at www.twitter.com/llminfotrafik.