By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: The Chief Traffic Officer Islamabad on Sunday conducted special checking of duty points on various highways and directed to deploy additional staff at rush areas to ensure smooth flow of traffic, a police public relations officer said.
He said that, following the directions of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan, the Chief Traffic Officer Islamabad visited various areas of the city including Express Highway, Murree Road, Srinagar Highway and IJP road.
On this occasion, he directed to remove bottlenecks creating hindrance in smooth flow of traffic and asked Zonal DSPs to ensure deployment of the additional traffic staff at rush areas and road construction points for convenience of citizens.
The CTO Islamabad said that traffic flow is affected especially during office hours and it should be ensured to maintain smooth traffic flow during these timings. He further said that the Islamabad Capital Police have prepared a modern scientific revolutionary plan to deal with traffic problems and the road users will benefit from the benefits of these measures very soon.
He said the new strategy would be helpful to make the traffic system in the federal capital more smooth especially during the rush hours. The Chief Traffic Officer Islamabad said that our first duty is to ensure a safe road environment with smooth traffic flow in the city and it would be ensured at every cost.
