Direction to NADRA, ITP: Make digital plan for smooth flow of traffic, says Chaudhry Nisar

Directs authorities to devise digital boards, FM radio programmes alerting road users on traffic situation

ISLAMABAD: Taking serious notice of traffic logjam at various major junctions of the capital during rush hours, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Friday directed NADRA and the Islamabad traffic police to devise a comprehensive plan to ensure smooth flow of traffic.

“There is an economic cost of lost hours due to slow movement of vehicles,” Nisar said tasking the National Data Base Registration Authority (NADRA) to put to use its IT infrastructure to come up with a digital solution to the jams.



Similarly, ITP, apart from physically manning the intersections, has been asked to use its FM radio to guide commuters about which road are blocked and which routes are available.

According to a spokesman to the interior ministry, Nisar took the initiative to minimise difficulties being faced by the commuters, particularly the travellers commuting between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

The interior minister further directed NADRA and ITP to launch E-tag vehicular system for commuters shuttling between the twin cities with establishment of separate lanes on Islamabad highways entry exit points for smooth traffic movement, the spokesman said.

Nisar has said that a digital traffic system should alert the commuters through digital sign-boards.

Meanwhile, around 100 personnel of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) have been deployed to ensure smooth flow of traffic on Islamabad Expressway, especially near the construction of the Koral Interchange.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2016.