PESHAWAR: Police with the help of some young and energetic students of Peshawar have launched SMS service for getting updates on traffic issues from the traffic control in the city.

People can get traffic updates immediately by just sending an SMS to Peshawar traffic police.

The service has been introduced keeping in view the fact that people face difficulties while using the road with respect to traffic. The service will enable people to get traffic updates immediately.

The SMS alert system has been developed by Syed Shahzad and Faizullah, who are young and energetic students of Peshawar.

They have voluntarily developed the system to facilitate people, says a press release.

The students met IGP Nasir Khan Durrani and volunteered to build a system by which information about traffic flow and traffic jams would be shared with the public immediately and people would be able to plan their journey according to those traffic updates.

The users would be sent a request to Peshawar traffic police through SMS and would receive traffic update instantly.

The people should type PT and sent it to 8333 from any network, the release said, adding they would receive updates about the traffic situation in Peshawar city.

The service will be initially providing traffic updates of Peshawar and will soon be extended to the entire province.

Published in Dawn, February 24th, 2015

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