Jammu, Oct 24 (Reporter) Stating that everybody has to put their sincere efforts for smooth functioning, Deputy Inspector General, Traffic, Jammu Dr. Mohd. Haseeb Mughal on Thursday said that traffic management during winter is always challenging. Chairing a meeting of Traffic Police officers of Traffic City Jammu and Traffic Rural Jammu to review their preparedness to meet the winter traffic Police challenges, Dr Mughal said that since the vehicular traffic pressure increases manifold in Jammu city due to the additional Govt activities in Jammu City coupled with the huge migration of population to Jammu from across the J&K because of winter season, the traffic police functioning remains utmost significant to ensure that no traffic jamming takes place in Jammu city and overall life activities take place with ease. Addressing the officers, he discussed the deployment of traffic Police for the VIP routes and of other traffic congestion points and said, "in no case the essential services including medical emergencies should be affected during peak hours." The officers were directed to identify available places for parking the vehicles and get them earmarked and notified so that people are made aware of the same to avoid traffic jamming on the routes during winter months. "No old, junk-accidental, un-warranted vehicle should remain parked on the roadside, which many times is not only a cause of traffic congestion but also contributes to serious accidents," he added. The traffic Police officers were directed to liaise with all private school management and convey to them that no parking of school vehicles shall be allowed on the roadsides and streets. These school buses in public spaces are causing a great inconvenience to the general public and often contribute to avoidable traffic congestion. Officers were also directed to liaise with road construction agencies and convey them not to occupy unwanted space of the roads wherever road construction work is going on, so that hassle-free movement of the traffic is not hampered. The top cop advised the officers to exercise maximum use of PA systems for public awareness about traffic violations and other road safety measures and asked them immediately rush to the accident spot in their areas of responsibility specially in case of fatal accidents for rescue purposes and to examine the accident spot to find out the cause of the accident as well as taking remedial measures for rectification of black spot, so that further chance of such accidents are minimized. "No pressure horns be allowed in the transport vehicles, as it causes great inconvenience to the general public, especially during late hours in residential areas, for which traffic Police officers should liaise with transport organizations for the awareness of the drivers and also aware them about the traffic Police action against such menace," he added...////...