How Lahore Cleaned Up Its Traffic Mess

By Stephen Horton

On each one of my many travels to Lahore it looks like the amount of vehicles keeps growing and the traffic seems to be getting more intolerable. But the scenario has somewhat altered these past few times and remarkably drivers appear to be exceptionally systematic. On my voyage returning home I discovered a write-up in the paper on the enthusiasm of the Punjab government and specially the police branch to better the traffic dilemma in Lahore and their aspirations to educate the disruptive drivers on the bustling city roads. Here are various insights as to why this has been a victorious implementation till now.

Order commences with the law enforcement agencies and the Lahore Traffic Police appear to be clamping down in terms of allowing traffic culprits off without some kind of condemnation. Brazen wrongs like stopping on a zebra crossing or chatting on the cell phone while traveling were till the recent past believed to be insignificant wrongs by drivers until the police, stationed at every main junction, began clamping down. Similar kinds of wrongs are hardly ever witnessed nowadays and those drivers disobeying the law have an clear look of anxiety, as if they were on the verge of being penalized at any instant.

Yet another pronounced improvement is the upbeat demeanor demonstrated by the Lahore Traffic Police. There is budding gratification in considering what they do sincerely, aware of the gainful end result of their labors and obtaining much distinction for their efforts in both print media and the electronic media. Smartly dressed in white and grey attire, the Lahore police force seems to be playing an effective part in fixing the jam started by hasty automobile drivers.

Lahore appears to be substantially more advanced in terms of employing female police officers and effectively utilizing them on the streets, a spectacle I have almost never seen in any other main city in the country. An obsolete perception of valiance more than often impelled male traffic police to exempt the most major wrongs by female drivers in Lahore, a somewhat sore issue for the women in Lahore. With a prominent number of women on the Lahore police force, women are now dealing with women, and all the smooth talking in the world are powerless against the female Lahore officer's independence.

Broadening the earlier instance, the Lahore Traffic Police are applying laws to all automobile drivers independent of the type of vehicle or the car owner. Feudal and regular salaried individuals are equally responsible and Lahore's police force has performed a meritorious job of administering this regulation, bringing parity to at least one element of our lives here in Pakistan. I am certain unjustified clout must be doing well in a considerable number of conditions but the reality remains that an effort was made to reproach the car owner to the upper most degree achievable by the policeman.

These unbelievable labors have also inspired the residents of Lahore into contributing. Individuals are giving added attention to their civil duties on the avenues and acting in a somewhat cultivated manner. Advanced gadgets to assist Lahore's Traffic Police would be an extra improvement and could be something to look at for the impending era. Up till then I presume other areas can learn a lesson from Lahore and commence clamping down on us harried automobile owners. - 21392

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A rising array of cars for sale in Lahore has ended in further traffic on city roads and intolerable pollution.