The Sindh government has failed to establish the proposed five special traffic courts in the province to control the rising number of traffic accidents, following the directives of Supreme Court of Pakistan to resolve traffic problems, Business Recorder learnt here on Saturday.
Sources in the Sindh Law Department said the Sindh Transport and Labour Department issued letter about two months back to the provincial Law Department to take prompt action for setting up the traffic courts, which the department has not been able to set up, instead the sources said that the project was put in the cold storage due to indifference of concerned officials.
It may be pointed out that the project was prepared two years back and an official notice was also issued on October 2, 2005 in this regard. Officials of the Law Department, nevertheless, claimed that the project was under process after the apex court took serious notice of the traffic mess in the metropolis.
Defining the function of the courts, the Transport Department sources said that the function of the courts would be defined after consultation with the experts. The appointment of the judges would be made by the advice of the judiciary, they added.
The sources said that their establishment would provide relief to the people and handle traffic incidents in Karachi in particular. According to a study report, compiled by Indus Motors Limited, around 600 people lost their lives every year in the traffic accidents in the city.
It was also said that in the report that the traffic accidents were on the rise in the province and in Karachi owing to lack of traffic sense in people and violation of traffic rules and regulations. The sources hoped the courts would help creating sense in people to avoid violating the traffic rules to tackle serious incidents.
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