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| June 26, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1427 |
Health fund set up for traffic police
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Capital traffic police have established ‘Health Fund’ to provide better facilities to police personnel and regular treatment to those suffering from various diseases.
“We are committed to improving the living standard of our employees and have planned to provide better education facilities and health cover to their children,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Dr Sultan Azam Taimuri while talking to this agency here on Sunday.
For education facilities to the children of the employees, he said negotiations were underway with Bahria University for allocation of seats and a positive progress would soon be made in this regard.
“Initially, we have started hepatitis screening programme for employees and so far screening of around 140 employees has been completed. Out of these, nine patients have been declared hepatitis positive,” he added.
He said vaccination facilities had also been made for the traffic staff.
Dr Taimuri said food mess for employees on the premises of traffic office would also be started, adding that a mobile canteen was already delivering services and providing meals to 150 employees at various duty points during the day.
Hailing the vision of the prime minister for improvement in the working environment of police force, he vowed to take all possible measures to upgrade the living standard of police employees.
About traffic awareness campaign, the SSP said special refresher courses were being conducted and, so far, 1,000 official drives of various ministries and government institutions had been imparted education about traffic laws.
“We want to make vehicles with green number plates exemplary for the public,” he said, adding that drivers of police force would also be imparted training.
He said two education teams for education campaign would soon be constituted. “One team would visit different government institutions, schools and colleges while the other would serve on roads for awareness about traffic laws among public,” he said.
He said traffic float would educate people about traffic laws and road shows would be also arranged as part of this campaign.
“Traffic police would extend the process of traffic education and would target children,” he said, adding that the government has also been requested to include chapters about traffic laws in the syllabus.
The SSP said a traffic school of international standard and a theatre were being set up at traffic office where lectures would be delivered and a movie as part of traffic awareness programme would be screened.
“It would be compulsory for all digital licence seekers to watch this movie,” he added.
In Motor Vehicle Ordinance, there is some defined criteria for opening driving schools but in Islamabad out of a total of 20 schools, 18 are functioning without registration.
However, he said, these schools had been asked to get themselves registered as soon as possible.
The SSP said for better implementation of traffic laws and ensuring safe road environment, the police would get 21 cars, 26 motorcycles, 40 radars and searchlights till June 30.
To a question about bus-train project, he said the idea had been successful and a greater public response had been received.
The SSP said at least 600 people were travelling on bus- train service daily from Karal to Secretariat.
He expressed his commitment to bringing a positive change in the attitude of the people and said complaints about police misbehaviour and corruption were no more valid.
There is also a description of discipline among people who follow lane discipline, fasten their seat belts and avoid speeding, he added.—APP
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