**JP** SRDO - WEEKLY BULLETIN - TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS

                            
                       Dear Friends & Respected Members of Civil Society Organizations:

We are extremely pleased to share the Weekly Bulletin of Social Research & Development Organization (SRDO) on Traffic and Road Safety issues.

SRDO, a Karachi based NGO, while realizing the importance of road safety and the plight of traffic accident victims has developed a package of services to provide relief to the victims and create awareness among the masses and policy makers about the issue.

We are committed to bring positive change through creating awareness and mobilizing community resources.

Best regards,
Abdul Qadir Bullo
Social Research and Development Organization (SRDO)
Office No. 303, 3rd floor, Plot no 22 C
5th   street, Zamzama, Phase V
Defence Housing Authority (DHA)                                  
Karachi.
Phone: 92-21 35302145             DAILY TRAFFIC NEWS 29TH MARCH, 2012
                                                   ( Woman SP dies in car accident)
                                                           
Lahore - A woman SP Investigation of Vehari died and her driver was critically injured when her official car overturned at Manga Mandi bypass in the Manga Mandi Police precincts on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Muqaddas Asmi, a resident of 291-Garden Town. SP Saddar Division Khurram Shoaib Jaanbaaz said that Muqaddas was heading towards Vehari on her official vehicle which was driven by her driver Pervaiz. As they reached near Manga Mandi bypass, the vehicle overturned due to negligence of the driver and speeding. Local residents informed police after which heavy police contingents, including senior policeman, reached the spot and rushed Muqaddas and her driver to a nearby hospital where doctor pronounced Muqaddas as dead while her driver was in a critical condition.
COPS HELD: The Ichchra Police arrested two constables along with a stolen motorcycle, lifted by unidentified robbers from Millat Park Police precincts a couple of days ago. On Wednesday, owner of the motorbike, saw two cops riding on his bike near Ichchra Area over which he informed police, which arrested the two cops who were later identified as Waqas and Khalid, posted in the Ichchra Police Station. Locals nabbed the two constables and handed them over to police along with the motorcycle. Top cops of Ichra Police only ordered an inquiry into the matter.
COP INJURED: A constable of Special Branch was injured by unidentified men near the railway station. The cop was identified as Constable Muhammad Irshad, a resident of Gulberg. According to details, Irshad was passing from railway station area when some unidentified men attacked him and badly injured him a sharp-edged weapon and fled.

                   
                                                            DAILY TRAFFIC NEWS 30^TH MARCH, 2012 

                                                           

                      Lack of overhead bridge causes road accidents

   

ISLAMABAD  – Non-construction of overhead bridge over Chak Shahzad, Rawal Chowk, has posed life risks to the residents. The population of this area runs into million and mostly government employees are living here. The vehicular traffic rush increases on Chak Shahzad Double Road in the early hours of morning and at closing hours of offices and we have to face great difficulty in crossing this double road, said Gul Sher, a resident of Dams colony.

This road becomes impassable for us and we can not cross this road in the morning when our school opens  due to overspeeding vehicles, therefore, we have to wait for hours and this way we miss one or two periods of our class, said a group of girls students. "We are low paid employees and we come from Dams colony but due to traffic rush on this road we can not cross it to move to other side of the road to catch wagon, said a group of residents of Dams colony.

We have to hire taxi at high fares to cross this road to move to hospital as it becomes impassable for us due to fast vehicular traffic, said an ageing person.

Residents of the area demanded immediate construction of overhead bridge over Rawal Chowk otherwise they will be forced to stage protest rallies.

                                                            DAILY TRAFFIC NEWS 30^TH MARCH, 2012 

                                One dead, six wounded in road accidents

 LAHORE – A car-rider was crushed to death by speeding truck, while six other people were wounded in two different road mishaps here in the city, on Monday.

In the first incident, a rashly driven truck hit a car near Kot Abdul Malik, killing the driver on the spot.

In another incident, six people were wounded seriously when a truck smashed into a passenger bus in Shera Kot area

 

 

                                                                       

                                              DAILY TRAFFIC NEWS 31^TH MARCH, 2012

                      
                                                          die, 13 injured in road accidents 

KARAK - At least seven passengers died and 13 others injured in separate road accidents here on Sunday.
According to district police, the first fatal accident occurred on Bannu-Kohat Road when an over speedy Peshawar bound flying coach rammed into tractor at Jata Ismail Khel in the limits of Banda Daud Shah police station.
As a result, six passengers perished on the spot including a child and 11 others injured. The van was coming to Peshawar from Bannu district.
The injured were rushed to DHQ hospital for treatment. The dead bodies have been identified as Muhammad Wali, Muhammad Ghani, Fazl Ghani, residents of Bannu, and Mir Taj resident of Dera Ghazi Khan. The wounded passengers include Sabir Rehman, Noor Said, Eid Saeed and Mst Ayesha.
In yet another tragic road mishap, a passenger bus collided with a truck on Indus Highway near Mir Kalam area, killing one passenger instantly and wounding several others. The incident occurred due to wrong overtaking.
Police have registered cases and further investigations are underway.
3 gunned down over money dispute: Three persons were shot dead over money dispute in Bannu on Sunday.
According to police, the shootout between Arifullah Khan and Ilyas groups started over petty dispute of money at Saidabad area in the limits of Cantonment police station.
Arif Ullah and his brother Inamullah from one group and Ilyas Khan from the other group were killed. Both side used automatic weapons against each others. Police rushed to the spot and started search operation after registering an FIR against the accused. 


                                            DAILY TRAFFIC NEWS 31^TH MARCH, 2012

5 killed killed road accident in Jamshoro    At least five persons were killed and 15 others sustained injuries in collision between a bus and truck on Indus Highway here in Jamshoro on Saturday. According to details, the ill-fated bus, which was travelling from Karachi to Larkana, collided with a truck coming from opposite direction near Jamshoro, killing three passengers on the spot and injuring 17 others, police sources said. The deceased and injured were shifted to Liaquat Medical College Hospital where two of the injured succumbed to their wounds. Police sources said that the accident was caused due to negligence of the truck driver.