Rawalpindi City Traffic Officer Education Wing Directed To Accelerate Traffic Awareness Campaign

Rawalpindi City Traffic Officer (CTO), SSP Bilal Iftikhar Tuesday directed the City Traffic Police (CTP) Education Wing to accelerate the public awareness campaign about traffic rules and road safety.

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Apr, 2018 ) :Rawalpindi City Traffic Officer (CTO), SSP Bilal Iftikhar Tuesday directed the City Traffic Police (CTP) Education Wing to accelerate the public awareness campaign about traffic rules and road safety.

The CTO while distributing pamphlets among the road users during special traffic awareness campaign at Katchery Chowk here said the traffic police officers had been directed to ensure that the road users strictly observe traffic signs, signals, traffic rules and regulations on the city roads.

He said that maximum pamphlets should be distributed among the public, especially frequent road users, to spread awareness about traffic rules and road safety. Furthermore, the traffic officer directed the education wing to arrange lectures, seminars, walks, radio programmes and also use other mediums of communication to spread awareness among the general public.

The CTO informed that on the directives of Rawalpindi Regional Police Officer Muhammad Wisal Fakhar Sultan Raja, the CTP officials were creating traffic rules awareness among the citizens, as well as striving hard to regulate the city traffic.

Moreover, Bilal Iftikhar also said that the citizens, during the awareness campaign, should be informed that the use of mobile phone while driving was dangerous and the habit should be avoided altogether. He said the Education Wing had been making efforts to spread road safety awareness among the public so that travelling could be made safe and easy for all road users.