Lahore: Chief Traffic Officer Mutazir Mehdi on Saturday met LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir, Senior Vice President Mian Rehman Aziz Chan and Vice President Haris Ateeq and discussed traffic related issues.
Former IG Traffic Police Galib Bandesha, former LCCI President Mian Shafqat Ali and former EC member Khamis Saeed Butt were also present on the occasion.
The CTO said that strict implementation on traffic rules and heavy penalties are a must to discourage the violation of traffic rules. He said that tyre brusters will be installed at one-way roads. He said that the vendors are a major cause of encroachment and they are doing their malpractices due to support of mafia.
He said that the service roads were constructed to ensure smooth flow of traffic but these are being used for parking. “We have to take policy decisions”, the CTO added.
He said that the Traffic Police has adopted zero tolerance policy against the violators as the violation of rules and regulations is the biggest reasons of traffic mess and accidents.
On the occasion, LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir, Senior Vice President Mian Rehman Aziz Chan and Vice President Haris Ateeq gave various suggestions to the CTO for smooth flow of traffic, especially at the surrounding areas of busy markets where traffic mess is hampering business activities.
Muntazer Mahdi said that to keep the traffic moving is the prime task of Traffic Police and staff is putting in its best efforts for this. He said that violence of traffic rules is not being tolerated and the department is also creating awareness amongst the masses.
The CTO said that licensing structure is being changed. Pakistan is one of those countries where accidents ratio is very high.
LCCI Mian Nauman Kabir said that the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry will continue to provide maximum help to the traffic police in the larger interests of the trade and industry. He said that smooth flow of traffic not only cuts cost of doing business but ensures on-time delivery of goods at their destination.
“There are problems but they have to be resolved”, the LCCI President said and added that the Traffic Police should utilize its all resources to achieve the desired goals. He said that keeping the flow of traffic is a Herculean task but the traffic police are managing it in such a nice manner that every segment of society is appreciating them. He said that the liaison between police and the business community was a must and the LCCI was always giving a special focus to enhance the liaison with police.
He said that Bansanwala Bazar should be made one-way strictly. He said that there are severe problems of traffic at Anarkali, Kot Lakhpat Hamdard Chowk and Gajumata. Additional traffic wardens should be deputed there to control the traffic.
LCCI Senior Vice President Mian Rehman Aziz Chan and Vice President Haris Ateeq said that the traffic police role is very vital in the sense that a disciplined traffic flow gives a picture of whole society on the one hand while on the other hand it plays its role in economic turnaround by cutting transportation time of goods carriers.
