Quetta
An official of Balochistan government Wednesday said concerted efforts were being made to implement a life-saving project, aimed at installing tracking chips in public transport buses. The provincial government has planned to install tracking system in 116 buses running on Quetta-Karachi and Quetta-Chaman highway in the first phase of the project to monitor and check the movement of the buses, he said. The installation of tracker device in buses running on national highways would also control over speeding and provide the data, said Zafar.
The government would be expanding the project across the province to save the human lives, he added. The provincial transport department has also a plan to establish check post on main highways to ensure check and balance on public transport to control the violation of traffic rules in the province, Zafar added.
A formal warning would be issued to those crossing speed limits and in case of repeat violation, their licenses would be canceled with busting of vehicles. Maximum speed limit across the province would be 90 kilometers per hour, he added. He said all the roads in the province needed expansion and in that regard, they would approach the Federal Government. The authority was taking strict action against public transporters, which were not having proper maintenance of vehicles. The authority has been seized around 70 local buses of low model and the owners of smoke-emitting vehicles were fined.
Overloading was a crime and vehicle owners would be imposed fine on that count also, he added. The transport department having no judicial power to issue challans to the violators however, he said that the Balochistan government was making a policy to authorize transport department to ensure strict enforcement as per the law.—APP
