ISLAMABAD The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Friday urged for forming citizen-police committee in order to control the traffic issues in the Capital as well as curb increasing road accidents and protecting precious human lives.
Demand to this effect was made during the visit of SSP Traffic Police Islamabad Muhammad Sarfraz Virk to ICCI, said a press release.
The SSP Traffic along with SP Chaudhry Abid and DSP Tariq Mehmood visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and discussed various options with the business community to control the traffic issues in the Capital.
Speaking on the occasion, Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari President ICCI said that traffic accidents are increasing, so a police-citizen committee should be formed to work together to address this issue.
He said that appropriate measures should be taken to tackle the issues of overspeeding and violation of traffic rules. Minor children should be banned from driving, seat belts should be strictly enforced, one-wh
eeling and other violations of traffic rules should be curbed, which will reduce accidents and improve the traffic system in the city, he added.
The President ICCI said that Islamabad was expanding rapidly and the current traffic police force was proving insufficient and urged IG Police Islamabad to increase the strength of traffic police to control the traffic issues in business areas and other busy places.
He highlighted the need of improving the traffic system at the entrances of Islamabad like Rawat, Tarnol, Bara Kahu as the business hubs located in these areas are facing the worst traffic problems.
He said that lane marking had not been done in busy areas for a long time due to which traffic discipline has weakened. Traffic Police should work on it in collaboration with ICCI.
He urged the CDA to transfer the traffic engineering department to traffic police. He said that ICCI was ready to conduct awareness campaigns in collaboration with traffic police to improve the traffic system in the city.
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ing on the occasion, Muhammad Sarfraz Virk, SSP Traffic Islamabad emphasized for close cooperation between the business community and the traffic police to address issues and promote disciplined traffic in the city.
He said that a special mechanism had been made to enhance traffic police in big commercial centers to maintain smooth traffic flow.
He underscored the need to install cameras in all the markets to control car theft and other incidents. He said that despite of limited resources, the traffic police was trying to perform better.
He said that the ICCI should cooperate with the traffic police in awareness programs to educate the citizens about the importance of disciplined traffic.
Engineer Azhar ul Islam Zafar, Vice President ICCI, urged the traffic police to arrange training programs on traffic rules for the citizens.
He said that the issue of excessive e-challans should be looked into.