The Punjab Traffic Police has decided to install modern cameras in driving test areas.
The directions were made by DIG Traffic Police Punjab Sohail Akhtar while chairing his first meeting in the office.
He said the process of obtaining driving licence has been computerised for the convenience of citizens and complete transparency is being insured so that the citizens can easily get their license without any hassle.
He further said that any kind of corruption for obtaining driving licence is unacceptable and strict departmental and legal action would not be delayed against any officer or official found involved in such irregularities.
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He added that state-of-the-art cameras will be installed in the areas of driving test to record CCTV footage of the entire process.
The traffic DIG directed all DTOs of the province to spend only two hours in their office and spend the rest of the time in field area.
Driving test will be conducted two days in a week whereas DTOs shall remain in the field area for four hours in order to control accidents. He said commercial test would not be conducted in the absence of DTOs while driving licence fee boards would be hung in all the districts for the convenience of the citizens.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2021.
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