Gujrat Police: Ahmedabad: अहमदाबाद ट्रैफिक पुलिस अपने फेसबुक पेज को एक बार फिर सक्रिय करेगी. Ahmedabad Traffic Police (ATP) officials will give official Facebook page an another try.

AHMEDABAD: It was 2011 when Ahmedabad Traffic Police (ATP) officials had launched a Facebook page on lines of metros such as Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore to connect with the younger generation and provide the commuters live updates on the traffic condition on major roads. The erstwhile officers also claimed that the citizens can approach the page, post the photograph of the offender and the action will be taken. After a disastrous run of the page as the users bombarded the page with the complaints and photographs and no subsequent reply or action from the men in white, the page had remained dormant for more than a year. Cut to 2013. With the change of leadership, the senior officials have again revived the project and have promised to take the action promptly. The group has already got 3,200 likes so far. Talking about the project, Dinesh Parmar, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), said that the department was lacking the manpower that can update the page and interact with the users. "Now we have solved that problem with tech-savvy constables deployed for the job. We are also looking at the smartphone-using generation to get the updates and provide the same in return," he said. He added that rather than working in isolation, they have started branding the page with activities. A recent activity at Bapunagar for traffic awareness was organized by a youth group in collaboration with the ATP that was publicized by the page. But will the initiative work again with the experience of the first run? "We are not skeptic at the moment. So far we have got good response when we posted the recent Sabarmati Marathon route on the page and even some of the reader responses telling us about specific stretches and specific problems. We are working closely on the issues," said Parmar.