Oil prices: Transporters directed to lower fares

District administrations want fares reduced by 12 to 15 per cent.

MULTAN:

District administrations have directed transporters across southern Punjab to reduce fares after prices of petrol and diesel were reduced.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Multan District Coordination Officer (DCO) Zahid Saleem Gondal said intra-city minimum fare would be reduced by 11 per cent. “We have directed the transporters’ association to lower the fares. They will tell us in 48 hours about the new tariffs after consulting their members. Our district committee will then accord a final approval to the new fare schedule,” he said.



District government officials from southern Punjab said that transporters had been directed to lower fares by 12 to 15 per cent.

Layyah DCO Gulzar Ahmad told The Express Tribune that fares in the district were lowered by up to 12.50 per cent. “The district government monitoring teams will ensure that relief is provided to the citizens,” he said.

Pakpattan District Coordination Officer  Javed Akhtar said that three teams had been constituted to monitor fares on main highways in the district.

Khanewal District Coordination Officer  Usman Moazzam said public transport vehicles would be checked at seven points to monitor the implementation of the new fares schedule.

The transporters’ association office-bearers said that they would soon inform the district governments about the new tariffs.

Babar Khan Khetran, a member of the Layyah Transporters’ Association, said that all the transporters should be consulted before finalising the new rates.

Malik Javed, a member of the Layyah Transporters’ Association, said that transporters were ready to lower fares by 14 per cent if the lower fuel prices were strictly enforced.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 3^rd, 2014.