The Balochistan government has planned training courses for drivers, aimed at curtailing the increasing number of road accidents in the province.
The transport department would initiate the project pertaining to the training of drivers in the next financial year, an official of Balochistan government said.
Earlier, Chief Minister Jam Kamal had directed relevant departments to use state-of-the-art technology to keep a check on local transport running on the provincial highways, he said adding that the authority was taking strict action against public transporters who did not undergo proper maintenance of vehicles.
The official said efforts were being made to implement a life-saving project, aimed at installing tracking chips in public transport buses.
The provincial government had planned to install tracking system in buses running on Quetta-Karachi and Quetta-Chaman highway to monitor and check the movement of the buses, he said.
The installation of tracker devices in buses running on national highways would also control over-speeding and provide the authorities concerned with data, he said.
The official further said the provincial transport department had also planned to establish a check post on main highways to ensure check and balance on public transport to control the violation of traffic rules in the province.
A formal warning would be issued to those violating speed limits and in case of repeat violation, their licenses would be canceled and vehicles impounded.
Maximum speed limit across the province would be 90 kilometers per hour, he added.
The transport department had no judicial power to issue challans to the violators he said, adding that the Balochistan government was formulating a policy to authorise the transport department to ensure strict enforcement as per law.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 15th, 2021.
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