Under the directives of Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, a fine of Rs2,000 over wrong parking and one-way traffic violation will be resumed from today, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.
The chief minister ordered to register a case for the third time violation of one-way traffic.
He also ordered to clamp the wrongly parked vehicles. Traffic wardens have been deployed at more than 200 places across the city to stop one-way traffic.
A clear decrease has also been witnessed in the one-way, wrong parking violations due to a strict crackdown by traffic police.
Action was taken against 59,848 vehicles over violation of one-way traffic this year, traffic police sources said.
Similarly, challan tickets were issued to 121,550 vehicles over wrong parking.
As many as 37,380 vehicles were also challaned for disrupting the traffic flow.
City Traffic Officer (CTO) Mustansar Feroze said that the one-way traffic violation was tantamount to suicide.
Reporter: Irfan Malik