Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has constituted special teams to check overloading by public transport, especially during peak hours.
Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Dr. Moeen Masood has ordered formation of special teams as this practice is needed to be curbed through effective steps. Youngsters, especially students, are often seen atop public vans, which threatens their lives. Fatal accidents in the capital have claimed several lives. Transporters deliberately overload vans or buses to make more money irrespective of the fact that their craze for money is endangering precious lives.
SSP (Traffic) Dr Moeen said that such practices would be curbed and policemen deployed in various areas to eliminate such practices.
Meanwhile, he said that squads had also been constituted to curb practices of one wheeling and underage driving. Special squads to be constituted on the directives of the SSP (traffic), would remain vigilant on 7th and 9th Avenue, Murree Road, Kashmir Highway and some other areas of the city to take action against speedsters who play stunt on roads. The squad officials would ensure strict vigilance on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when one-wheeling and stunt activities are commonly seen on the city roads. The SSP has appealed the parents not to allow their children play stunts and risk their lives and other road users. He said such steps by the ITP have the only purpose to ensure safety of the road users and warned that motorbikes of the one-wheelers would be impounded.
