'Police to be provided possible facilities to improve performance'

The welfare of policemen is the first priority of top brass of Islamabad police who will be provided every possible facility to improve their performance, said Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Dr Moeen Masood here on Wednesday.
Police cops are performing their duties in very tough weather conditions and it is necessary to provide them proper equipment to secure them from hot and cold weather, Dr Moeen said while addressing a ceremony held at Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) office to distribute 200 umbrellas containing water conservation messages to Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP).
The umbrellas have been developed by MAWCD Project along with other different types of publicity/information material containing water conservation messages as part of their awareness campaign. The National Project Director of MAWCD, Saeed Javed, the National Project Manager, Dr Abdul Majeed, other PCRWR officials and the personnel of MAWCD Project were also present.
The SSP (Traffic) said that the umbrellas are meant to be distributed among ITP's Traffic cops who perform their duties in scorching heat. The SSP Islamabad Traffic Police, Dr Moeen Masood, praised the efforts of PCRWR and MAWCD and said ITP was ready to extend full support to the campaign.
He said that Inspector General of Police (IGP) Wajid Ali Khan Durrani has also directed all police officials to resolve the problems of their subordinates on priority and take necessary measures for their welfare to improve their performance. It is worth mentioning that PCRWR and ITP have joined hands to disseminate the message of water conservation through supporting PCRWR's Mass Awareness for Water Conservation and Development Project (MAWCD), aiming to educate the masses about water conservation.
On the occasion, the Chairman, PCRWR Dr Mohammad Aslam Tahir said that increasing demand of water for agriculture, industries, environment and household use was putting substantial pressure on the limited water resources and the country was passing through water crisis, which was increasingly becoming a major political, socio-economic and development issue.
The National Project Director, Saeed Javed said, "Current water situation has increased the need for us to act collectively towards sustainable use and management of water resources". Dr Abdul Majeed, the National Project Manager, MAWCD, pointed out that the annual per capita water availability in the country was about 1000 cubic meters which, in early 1950s, was about 5600 cubic meter, which shows that our water resources have decreased to about 80 percent.