Nasrin calls for placing traffic police under CDGK

The City Naib Nazim Karachi, Nasrin Jalil, has called for placement of Traffic Police under the city district government Karachi (CDGK), saying that by-laws in this regard are being prepared and a resolution will also be tabled before the City Council soon.
She said the city government is also working on the establishment of its bus terminals to bring traffic and routes under some regulation. Nasrin was speaking as chief guest at "W-11 Karachi to Melbourne" ceremony held in New Karachi on Monday.
The ceremony was also addressed by New Karachi Nazim Hanif Surti, Australian Project Co-ordinator Mick Douglas, Project Director Pakistan Durria Qazi, Production Co-ordinator Wajid Ali and Vehicle Director Nusrat Iqbal.
A documentary on W-11 operation in Melbourne was also screened on the occasion. Nasrin Jalil said the way the famous W-11 mini-bus of Karachi was decorated in Melbourne, Australia, and was introduced at Cultural Festival of 18th Commonwealth Games 2006 in Melbourne, proved a big source of introducing the skilled people of Pakistan, specially Karachi.
She said that Commonwealth Games were participated by sportsmen and artists from 71 countries and during the sports events, W-11 kept moving on the city circular route and over 80,000 guests and sportsmen from Australia and other countries enjoyed travelling on it.
The Australians, she said, described W-11 a model project of the cultural world.
Nasrin Jalil said that after winning the Cricket World Cup in Australia in 1992 and capturing fame, the name of Pakistan became so famous in 2006 that every person in Melbourne started preferring to travel in W-11 instead of any other tram. It was so beautifully decorated and adorned like a bride.
She said that she will request the President and the Sindh governor to encourage Pakistani skilled people so as to introduce such kind of projects in the future at international level to introduce various cultural design and handicraft works to people of other countries.
The Naib Nazim Karachi urged the people to abide by laws at home like they do in foreign soils. The city government, she said, wants to regulate the city traffic and also wants due rights to be given to drivers and conductors. Earlier, Hanif Surti said that if the city government takes over the terminals of buses and mini-buses, the traffic can be regulated with routes restrictions which, in turn, will yield revenue to the CDGK.