A total of 125 motorists who had violated traffic rules have been issued warnings yesterday following the launch of pilot project to identify those violating traffic rules through the CCTV system in Colombo.

The programme will continue for a week to aware the motorists about the initiative.

From February 01 the implementation of the law against traffic violators will commence.

Police said that a total of 125 traffic violations observed trough CCTV around Colombo and warnings were issued to the owners of those vehicles as a preliminary step.

Several offences such violating lane rules and failure to stop at the stop sign have been observed.