On directions of Punjab Traffic Police Deputy Inspector General Farooq Mazhar, traffic police had launched a province-wide awareness campaign in 2016 to overcome traffic problems and to reduce the number of accidents. The campaign was launched with the objective of making road travelling easy and safe through a better understanding of the traffic rules among drivers and public. Punjab Police utilised all mediums of communication in the campaign and 592 TV and 782 Radio programmes had featured lectures and awareness messages during the year. Other than this, 692 seminars and workshops, 749 traffic walks, 301 traffic weeks were organised along with on-spot lectures to drivers on 7171 places.
Hoarding boards and banners were placed on 7867 spots. 1,251,296 handbills and brochures were distributed while public address system was introduced at 4,614 places to ensure smooth traffic flow through better system.
Punjab Police Inspector General Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera had directed to continue this awareness campaign in future as well. He directed DIG Traffic Punjab Farooq Mazhar to ask district police officers to organise more seminars, radio and TV programmes and awareness lectures in schools and colleges in their respective districts. This will make citizens to understand the traffic rules better
