CTP to deploy 1191 officials to regulate traffic during Muharram.

RAWALPINDI -- City Traffic Polic be (CTP) have finalised all the arrangements for Muharram under a comprehensive traffic plan formulated on the directives of Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi Naveed Irshad to ensure security of the mourning processions.

According to duty officer, there would be a complete ban on parking of any vehicle or pushcart on the routes of the processions.

The CTP had finalized a traffic plan for Muharram ul Harram under which nearly 1191 traffic officials including nine DSPs, 72 Inspectors, 820 Traffic Wardens and 290 Traffic Assistants would perform duties on city roads to control the traffic flow during Muharram. Special arrangements would also be finalized for 7th and 10th Muharram processions, he added.

He said, Traffic Police Officers and Wardens had also been directed to take action against rules violators.

Fork lifters would also move with Muharram processions, he informed.

He said, the CTO had directed the wardens to remove all kinds of encroachments from the processions routes besides...