26 vehicles impounded

MULTAN: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) impounded 26 more transport vehicles over SOPs violations as part of the drive being initiated to combat Covid-19 pandemic on Tuesday.

In line with the directive of Deputy Commissioner Aamir Khattak, transport authority under the supervision of the Secretary RTA Ahmed Raza launched a crackdown against passenger vehicles plying on routes especially from Multan to Lahore, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, and Mianwali. During checking, 26 buses were found violating SOPs as the passengers were not wearing masks, no sanitiser in vehicles; also travelers were adjusted without maintaining specific distance.

The RTA teams also imposed a fine of Rs32,000 collectively on overall SOP violators. Secretary RTA Ahmed Raza said in this regard that public lives couldn’t be put at risk.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 17^th, 2020.