RAWALPINDI: The City Traffic Police have decided to enforce traffic regulations and formed ten special squads, comprising 90 personnel to check parking violations.

Traffic police squads, set up to check parking violations, will be supervised by the circle in-charges concerned.

Encroachment and poor infrastructure are major problems being faced by the City Traffic Police in maintaining flow of traffic. These two major problems lie in the preview of the district management.

A spokesman for the city traffic police said the Chief Traffic Officer Taimoor Khan had been mobilised to provide best traffic facilities to the citizens.

On this occasion, the chief traffic officer said due to their convenience and haste, people on the busy highways and commercial places of the city, park vehicles and motorcycles incorrectly on the road, which not only disrupts the flow of traffic.

On the contrary, other citizens are facing difficulties for which special 10 parking squads, comprising 90 personnel have been formed in key sectors which will be on patrol all the time. The traffic police staff will take legal action against them without any discrimination, the spokesman said.

He further said in order to provide the best traffic facilities to the people, Rawalpindi Traffic Police were moving towards strict law enforcement so that road users do not face any hassle while driving.

At the same time, awareness of traffic rules is being raised.

On the other hand, the City Traffic Police have introduced “leave and attendance management system”, under which weekly rest will be ensured for all traffic personnel and the schedule of weekly rest will be compiled and sent to the office every month as traffic officers and youth perform their duties under extremely difficult conditions.

Therefore, weekly rest reduces the work pressure on them to some extent and further improves their performance.

The Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Taimoor Khan on Friday reviewed the performance reports of all sectors of the traffic police and important meetings of the duty officers of all sectors at the Traffic Headquarters to improve the flow of traffic.

He directed the police to maintain the flow of traffic in an efficient manner and to treat all traffic staff equally. It is the responsibility of the duty officer to maintain the continuity of traffic in his sector in an efficient manner as well as provide all kinds of transport facilities to the road users and deploy additional personnel to maintain flow of traffic in any way.

He further said that the duty officer should treat all the traffic staff in his sector equally.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2021