ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration has fined around 96 vehicles for defying the standard operating procedures (SOPs), issued to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) even as residents complained that transporters were overcharging them.
According to a report issued by the ICT administration, the Islamabad Transport Authority (ITA) Secretary Kamran Cheema, along with traffic police officials checked as many as 196 vehicles across the city.
Talking to APP, Cheema said the teams of ITA were regularly monitoring vehicles at the bus terminals and wagon stands to ensure that the Covid-19 guidelines are implemented.
Meanwhile, commuters have complained about public transporters overcharging them.
Adnan, a commuter near the Melody wagon stop, said that most of the public service vehicles (PSVs) are plying on various routes of Islamabad without displaying the fare list - an essential requirement of the ITA.
They (vehicles) were not even finishing their routes and are over-charging commuters from the prescribed fare, which shows the slackness of the authorities, he added.
When contacted, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic Farrukh Rasheed said that special teams have been constituted to take action against transporters who either defy SOPs or overcharge.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 6th, 2020.
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