Ban on motorcycle rickshaws announced

Rickshaws lacking transport department approval face bans in major cities


Our Correspondent December 03, 2023
Most of the motorcycle rickshaws do not follow the safety standards and traffic rules. PHOTO: ABID NAWAZ/EXPRESS

LAHORE:

The Punjab government has decided in principle to ban motorcycle rickshaws.

According to a press release issued here on Saturday, Caretaker Punjab Minister for Transport Ibrahim Hassan Murad said that a 30-day warning had been given to the owners of the rickshaws and now a crackdown had been initiated against those illegally producing motorcycle and loader rickshaws.

He said that rickshaws that were not approved by the transport department would be banned in big cities.

In the second phase, an operation would be launched in small cities and rural areas. APP

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3rd, 2023.

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