Action to be taken against violators of parking rules

CTO Rawalpindi directs traffic wardens, assistants to take strict action under the law

RAWALPINDI:

Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Rai Mazhar Iqbal on Monday directed the traffic wardens and assistants to take strict action under the law against no parking rules violators.

According to In-charge Lifter Squad Kamal Ahmed, City Traffic Police (CTP) had formed special squads to take action against parking rules violators. He said that CTP, to ensure smooth flow of traffic on city roads, issued 14,624 challan slips during September to vehicles and motorcycles, parked in a wrong way.

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A grand operation was launched against wrong parking, double parking and parking of vehicles out of parking areas. Special squads with lifters were trying to control wrong parking problem in the city, he said adding that the awareness banners had also been displayed at important city roads.

Traffic wardens and field officers had been directed to take strict action against parking rules violators, which create hurdles in the smooth flow of traffic on city roads. He said the orders had been issued to all the field officers to take action under the law against double parking, wrong parking and one-way violators particularly on Murree Road, Adiyala Road, Raja Bazaar, Commercial Market, Saddar, Saidpur Road, Chakri Road and other commercial areas of the town to ensure smooth flow of traffic.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 12^th, 2021.