RAWALPINDI: The chief traffic officer (CTO) served show-cause notices to traffic wardens who were missing from duty and also issued warnings to them for poor performance during his surprise visit to various sectors to review the flow of traf fic in the city.
Chief Traffic Officer Rawalpindi Naveed Irshad made a surprise inspection of various sectors to assess the flow of traffic in the city and found out that majority of the traffic wardens were not enforcing the rules, some gossiping while some others were absent from duty at major points.
A spokesman for the traffic police said that the CTO warned several of ficers for poor performance and also reprimanded traffic wardens for notenforcing the rules.
The CTO, he said, also issued showcause notices for absent from duty and ordered the circle and sectorin-charges to observe traffic rules and streamline the disorderly traf fic.
Mr Irshad said that if on his next visit,he found encroachments, wrong parking, disorderly traffic and poor traffic arrangements then circle incharges will be responsible and strictaction will be taken against them.
He further said that all circle incharges should inspect their circles, sector and beat in-chargesshould maintain the flow of traffic while patrolling and ensure compliance with traf fic rules in all cases.
Due to poor performance of traffic wardens, mushrooming of encroachments,lack of parking space and public complaints have forced the CTO to conduct surprise visits of the city to observe the worsening traffic situation in the city by himself and to take action.
