Encroachments hinder traffic flow, says CTO

Rawalpindi: Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Shoaib Khurram Janbaz on Tuesday said encroachments were a main hurdle in smooth flow of traffic on city roads.

Without removal of encroachments increasing traffic problems could not be controlled, he said while talking to APP.

The CTO said that all out efforts were being made to remove encroachments so that motorists could be facilitated on the roads. He said the traffic police, however, had made special arrangements to control traffic jam problems in the town.

Wrong parking of vehicles on the city roads was strictly being checked and negligence on part of traffic police officials would not also be tolerated in this regard, he said.

He urged the citizens to cooperate with traffic police so that traffic problems could be addressed properly. Under the traffic plan devised for the regular traffic flow traffic police officers have been directed to take action against violators of traffic rules in accordance with the law.

He said traffic wardens have also been directed to work with dedication and commitment and ensure the traffic flow so that traffic mess particularly on congested roads could be averted.