CTP Rawalpindi fines 4,600 vehicles

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi City Traffic Police (CTP)  imposed fines on 4,600 vehicles for wrong parking during Ramazan. Rawalpindi  Chief Traffic officer (CTO) Capt (retd) Bilal Ifthikar said on Saturday.that wrong parking was creating hurdles in smooth flow of traffic. He directed traffic wardens and field officers to take strict action against wrong parking, adding that wrong parking, was a major cause of traffic mess on the roads and would not be tolerated. All-out efforts were being made to regulate city traffic, he said and urged citizens to cooperate with traffic police so that traffic problems could be resolved and people could be facilitated regarding smooth flow of traffic on city roads. Enhanced numbers of traffic wardens have been deployed at busy roads to clear wrong parking while lifters will also be available to lift vehicles and motorcycles parked in a wrong way. Meanwhile, CTP assisted Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) in an anti-encroachment operation on Bank Road, Kashmir Road and other roads. The civic authorities confiscated four truckload goods from encroachers.  

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2018.