TAXILA: The traffic police will soon launch a crackdown on wheelie and underage motorcycle rickshaw driver in Taxila.

This was stated by Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Yousaf Ali while talking to newsmen here on Monday after attending a meeting to finalize traffic plan of the city. Member provincial assembly Malik Umer Farooq, Assistant Commissioner Shahid Imran, tehsil municipal officer Qamar Zeeshan, officials from provincial road department, National highway authority, National highway and motorway Police and district police were also present on the occasion.

He also directed action against mechanics that made alterations to motorbikes for such activities and rent them for road stunts.

He said wardens had been deployed at key points to check those doing wheelie.

`All senior police officers and in-charge circles had been deployed at specific points,` the CTO said, adding that cases would be registered against violators of the ban on wheelie and mechanics who modified motorcycles. Besides arresting the riders, the police will impound motorcycles modified for wheelie, he said.

Meanwhile, MPA Malik Umer Farooq inaugurated Taxila Chowk re-modeling project which would be completed in one month with an estimated cost of Rs7 million.