Commissioner Karachi Syed Hassan Naqvi on Thursday chaired a high level meeting to review arrangements to prevent overcharging by intercity bus operators and to ensure the implementation of official prices on the occasion of Eid Ul Fitr.
Among others, Secretary Transport Asad Zamin, DIG Traffic Peer Muhammad Shah, Additional Commissioner Karachi-I Ghulam Mehdi Shah, Senior Director Traffic Engineering Bureau Yousuf Iqbal, deputy commissioners, Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Secretary Provincial Transport Authority, officials of Karachi Municipal Corporation, Town Administration, and Cantonment Board were also in attendance.
Secretary Transport Asad Zamin informed the meeting that intercity bus owners had been warned not to overcharge passengers, and action would be taken against those who would violate the official fare.
The meeting decided to set up Help Desks at the Karachi Bus Terminal on Super Highway and other bus terminals and intercity bus stops in the city under the supervision of the Secretary Provincial Transport Authority for the facilitation of passengers regarding fare compliant.
Staff from the Transport Department and Traffic Police would be deployed at these help desks. Banners would be installed to raise for the awareness of passengers advising them not to pay the transporters excess charges against the official fare. It was also decided that the Provincial Transport Authority would publicize such information through print and electronic media as well.
The Commissioner directed the Secretary Provincial Transport Authority to ensure that travelers visiting their loved ones on Eid faced no difficulties and that transporters did not overcharge passengers.
The meeting also decided to prominently display warning banners for transporters . A help line number would also be issued, and action would be taken on complaints or information received on the help line as well.
Meanwhile, the meeting reviewed traffic control and parking arrangements to cope with the expected rush of Eid shopping in markets and bazaars. It was decided that special traffic control and parking arrangements would be made to cope with the expected rush on Eid.
The meeting also decided that Deputy Commissioners, local police, traffic police, and representatives of relevant market associations would jointly review traffic control and parking arrangements and make necessary decisions.
It was further decided that all Deputy Commissioners would hold meetings with relevant officers in their offices and set up help desks in markets and bazaars.
The meeting also reviewed the actions taken to vacate parking spaces in shopping malls.The meeting decided that special parking arrangements would be made at commercial buildings and shopping malls where parking spaces had been vacated to control parking difficulties on Eid.
It was also decided to obtain the cooperation of relevant associations, to install cameras in parking spaces, deploy staff for parking monitoring, paint parking spaces, and make necessary lighting arrangements there.
