RTA cracks down on transporters

RAWALPINDI:

With Eidul Azha just hours away, the Rawalpindi Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a grand operation against transporters for overcharging the public and overcrowding their vehicles. RTA Secretary Mehr Ghulam Abbas told APP that the authority launched a special grand operation where they imposed fines on transporters overcharging passengers. He urged commuters to cooperate with the authorities and to register their complaints by calling RTA’s helpline 0800-02345 or on the complaint number 051-9270011 from 8am to 8pm. Abbas claimed that they are carrying out random checks at different bus stands including Pirwadhai, Peshawar Road and Grand Trunk Road through special squads. He added that the squads took action on the spot and excess fares were returned to passengers. To a question, he said that a meeting in this regard was arranged and transporters had been directed to prominently display rate lists at the bus and van stands and in the vehicles.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 31^st, 2020.