‘Noisy’ transporters to face the music in Lahore

Action has been taken against 1,649 vehicles blaring tunes

LAHORE: Lahore traffic police have launched a crackdown on public vehicles, rickshaws, buses and wagons blaring loud music. So far, action has been taken against 1,649 vehicles playing loud music despite being issued warnings.

Further, 1,469 tape recorders were also seized by officials. Chief Traffic Police Officer (CTO) Liaqat Ali revealed that traffic police have launched a crackdown against public transport vehicles playing loud music. Reportedly, the traffic police received complaints that many passengers, especially women, are bothered by the loud music that public transport vehicles often play.

Not only does it contribute to noise pollution, but it also makes passengers feel uncomfortable, observers say. According to the Motor Vehicle Rules, playing loud music in public transport vehicle is against the law.

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Lahore traffic police are also taking action against vehicles using high pressure horns unnecessarily. The CTO said that action is being taken on the complaints received from citizens, adding that traffic wardens have been instructed to help local police.

The CTO maintained that implementing traffic laws in the provincial city has become a difficult task. In the last one year, 616 wardens were injured by citizens after they tried to prevent them from violating traffic laws.

“The public’s tolerance is diminishing,” he stated. Traffic police had to face many difficulties when flagging down motorcyclists and when implementing the seatbelt law. Citizens went so far as to verbally abuse and physically assault wardens, he claimed.

“Despite these unfortunate incidents, traffic wardens are committed to serving the public,” he said. He revealed that the lives of nearly 1,230 people were saved in 1,370 dangerous traffic incidents after enforcing helmet and seatbelt laws.