Traffic management strategy has been finalized to avoid the traffic mess : Mushtaq Sukhera

Lahore: In order to manage the traffic flow and to avoid the traffic mess during the construction of Orange Metro Train in Lahore, traffic management strategy has been finalized under which 324 officers and wardens will perform their duties.

It was decided in a meeting held at Central Police Office Lahore under the chairmanship of Inspector General Police, Punjab, Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera.

Addl: IGP Welfare and Finance, Sohail Khan, Addl: IGP Traffic, Rai Altaf Hussain, DIG Headquarters, Farooq Mazhar, DIG Welfare, Jan Muhammad, DIG Investigation Punjab, Shafique Gujjar, CTO Lahore, Tayyab Hafeez Cheema, AIG Operations, Waqar Abbasi, AIG Logistics, Humayun Bashir Tarar and AIG Investigations, Waqas-ul-Hassan were also present in the meeting.

In the meeting CTO Lahore told the IGP that one SP and 12 DSPs will supervise the wardens for traffic control during the project. He also told that these wardens will stay at Thokar Niaz Baig traffic police line and Manawaan where 5 new barracks have been arranged. The CTO also told that all necessary equipments and gadgets will be provided to these wardens for discharging their duties effectively in dark.

In the meeting it was also decided to issue the ATM cards to the widows of police shuhda and officials for their convenience. The meeting also decided that in future only uniform officers and officials will be authorized to use the police pick ups and jeeps.