Streamlining traffic system: Sindh government to recruit 6,000 traffic policemen

Sindh government has decided to recruit 6000 traffic police personals and to provide fool proof security to them to streamline the traffic system in the city. It has also decided to expedite the working on BRT Projects in pipeline and to launch ground work on orange line from November 05, 2015 with its ground-breaking ceremony to be performed by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on the same date.
These decisions were taken in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah at C.M House Karachi on Monday which discussed measures to improve the Traffic Management and Traffic facilities to the people of Karachi. Besides, Sindh government has also finalised all codal formalities and decided to enter into agreement with partner organisations to implement yellow line with length of 23 k.ms and Intercity Bus Transit Projects to bring 100 new buses of DAEWO on the roads in the month of November, 2015.
Sindh Minister for Transport Mumtaz Jakhrani, Inspector General Sindh Police Ghulam Hyder Jamali, Principal Secretary to C.M Alumuddin Bullo, Secretary Transport Taha Farooqui, Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Siddiqui, DIG Traffic Dr Ameer Shaikh and other officers of line department attended the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Qaim Ali Shah directed the officers of Traffic Police to fully implement the traffic laws and use their powers to ensure smooth traffic flow in the city. He agreed to bring amendments to the traffic laws if its weaknesses are identified. He said Sindh government was already working on legislation to improve the transportation facilities to the people. He said that a bill for establishment of Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) has also been prepared and to be talked in the next session of Sindh Assembly.
Referring the traffic problems raised by participants of the meeting, including illegal parking, encroachment on roads, standardising traffic signals, segregating heavy traffic and allowing it for specific time and routs, implementation on traffic rules and imposing fine to traffic violators, he said that these issues can be resolved administratively by the traffic police.