City on lockdown: Goods carriers to halt operations for the day
The goods transporters will likely face a loss of Rs150 million for the one day.
KARACHI:
No heavy vehicles will enter or leave the city on Saturday - a move taken to ensure that the roads are left open for the participants of the rally at the Quaid’s mausoleum.
Karachi traffic police chief DIG Amir Ahmed Shaikh has asked the transport fraternity to cooperate with the police and not to run their vehicles on the day between 6am to 10pm.
The DIG met representatives of the United Goods Transporters Alliance (UGTA) and the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA) on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
The transporters agreed with the DIG and have directed their drivers and cleaners to keep their vehicles on Super Highway at the trucks and oil tankers stand. “We have to obey the instructions to keep our vehicles safe,” said Israr Ahmed Shinwari, the APOTOA spokesperson.
UGTA spokesperson Fazal Manan Jadoon said that over 15,000 trucks enter and leave the city every day.
The monetary loss for the day will be Rs150 million due to the suspension in movement.
He also expressed concern over the containers detained by the police to close the roads for the rally.
“The commissioner had assured us that our containers will not be used for the roads, but more than a hundred containers have so far been detained for the rally,” he said, adding that they had agreed to keep their trucks off the road on Saturday.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2014.
No heavy vehicles will enter or leave the city on Saturday - a move taken to ensure that the roads are left open for the participants of the rally at the Quaid’s mausoleum.
Karachi traffic police chief DIG Amir Ahmed Shaikh has asked the transport fraternity to cooperate with the police and not to run their vehicles on the day between 6am to 10pm.
The DIG met representatives of the United Goods Transporters Alliance (UGTA) and the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA) on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
The transporters agreed with the DIG and have directed their drivers and cleaners to keep their vehicles on Super Highway at the trucks and oil tankers stand. “We have to obey the instructions to keep our vehicles safe,” said Israr Ahmed Shinwari, the APOTOA spokesperson.
UGTA spokesperson Fazal Manan Jadoon said that over 15,000 trucks enter and leave the city every day.
The monetary loss for the day will be Rs150 million due to the suspension in movement.
He also expressed concern over the containers detained by the police to close the roads for the rally.
“The commissioner had assured us that our containers will not be used for the roads, but more than a hundred containers have so far been detained for the rally,” he said, adding that they had agreed to keep their trucks off the road on Saturday.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2014.