Traffic system is the identity of a civilized society : Punjab Chief Minister

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that traffic system is the identity of a civilized society. He said that an effective traffic system is essential for providing better facilities to the citizens and resolving traffic problems and better management can help in this regard. He said that there is a need for modernizing traffic system in Lahore and other big cities of Punjab. He said that Punjab government is introducing effective reforms in traffic system for the benefit of people which will rid them of traffic problems and improve the flow of traffic.

He was addressing a meeting through video link in Civil Secretariat today which reviewed in detail the recommendations with regard to improvement and reforms in traffic system.

The Chief Minister said that all concerned departments will have to work with effective coordination for improvement of traffic system. He said that there is a need for effective management of roads and traffic. He said that bringing all concerned departments under one roof regarding traffic should be considered and recommendations should be submitted in this regard as soon as possible.

The Chief Minister directed that short, medium and long term plans be evolved for reforms and re-engineering in the system of traffic. He said that in order to rid the people of traffic problems, such a programme should be evolved the implementation of which could help resolve traffic problems in the real sense.

The Chief Minister directed that immediate measures should be taken for adopting on-camera traffic challan system and a practicable pilot project should be prepared for keeping motorcycles in one lane. He directed that steering committee should review all recommendations and present final proposals within three weeks. Salman Sufi of special monitoring unit of Chief Minister Office gave detailed briefing regarding improvement in traffic system.

The meeting reviewed various proposals in this regard. Provincial Ministers Col. Retd. Shuja Khanzada, Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman, Chairman Lahore Transport Company Khawaja Ahmed Hassan, Special Assistant Rana Maqbool, Inspector General Police, secretaries of concerned departments, Commissioner Lahore division and senior officers attended the meeting.