KARACHI, Feb 13: Construction of seven pedestrian bridges at different spots along the signal-free corridor will be completed in a month.

This was stated by ADO Zafar Ehsan of Transport and Communication Department of the city government while delivering a lecture on the topic of ‘road safety’ to 40 under-training traffic police officials at the Civic Centre here on Tuesday.

The delegation was led by the chief law inspector of Traffic Police Training Center, Saeedabad, Ghulam Qasim Junejo.

The ADO said that the directives for early completion of these bridges were issued by the city nazim.

The seven points selected for the construction of the overhead pedestrian bridges are near Mashriq Centre, Essa Nagri, Baloch Hotel, Sharifabad, Liaquatabad Town Office, Nazimabad and Liaquatabad No. 4, he said.

The ADO said that so far 137 male and female teachers of different government schools had been imparted training to educate children of their respective schools on road safety.

The department had also distributed booklets, brochures and also showed road safety videos in Expo Center to create awareness among masses, he added.

He further said the ratio of traffic accidents had increased in the city due to violation of traffic rules and according to a survey one motorcycle rider died every 62-hour.

One pedestrian is killed every 25-hour while in every 37-hour a car and in 28-hour a mini-bus face accident, he added.