The motor fleet of the Rawalpindi City Traffic Police (CTP) has been given a makeover with a change in colour. Under the new colour scheme, the colours of motorbikes and cars used by the CTP have been painted black while the double-cabin sports utility vehicles (SUVs) have been changed to silver from green. When formed in 2007-08, the CTP had been given a fleet of vehicles containing four new and old 750cc bikes for VIP duties. Besides this, some 116 250cc bikes and nearly 750 125cc bikes were also included in the fleet for routine patrolling and other duties. All these motorbikes have been painted black from the usual colour of white after undergoing repair and maintenance work. Further, the colour of mobile vans has also been changed to silver, contrary to the rest of Punjab where the colour of traffic police vans is either green or white. CTP officials have criticised the move, stating that the expense incurred on repairing these bikes have exceeded their cost.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2020.
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