Karachi:
Assembly carriers canceled their strike after successful negotiations with the provincial authorities in Karachi.
After the conversations, the Karachi commissioner, Syed Hassan Naqvi, confirmed that carriers have secured their full cooperation with the provincial government and the division administration to address mechanical failures in heavy vehicles over time.
He pointed out that goods transporters have agreed to submit weekly reports to the deputy inspector of the Traffic Police.
“They will not operate any unworthy vehicle of the road,” said a statement from the commissioner.
With respect to previously seized vehicles, he added that confiscated heavy vehicles will be released immediately, except those that are in severely ruined conditions, for which the release of confiscated vehicles will be released after supplying a sworn statement that the vehicle will not be taken to the road, unless the inspection of motor vehicles is clarified.
The president of the Association of Transportation Assets (TGA), Tariq Gujjar, declared that officials had recognized their demands as “legitimate”, providing a six -month window for the implementation of key issues, including the improvement of the physical aptitude standards of the vehicle to reduce the setbacks.
Gujjar shared that the number of motor vehicles inspectors had increased to 25, and according to the commissioner, 25 sooner they would be recruited to overcome delays in the issuance of physical conditioning certificates.
He added that the newly recruited inspectors will visit the association’s offices to issue certificates of physical conditioning directly.
As part of the long -term solutions, the TGA proposed to the provincial government to relocate thousands of stores of densely populated shopping centers such as Saddar and Tariq Road on the outskirts of the city.
The association also suggested the construction or designation of roads exclusively for heavy vehicles in industrial areas, and the reserve of separate roads for motorcycles along such routes to avoid collisions.
The president of TGA mentioned his meeting with the Minister of the Local Government of Sindh, Saeed Ghani, who informed them that Prime Minister Murad Ali Shah had taken note of the situation.
In addition, Gujjar revealed that the merchants’ agencies had communicated with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking federal intervention to solve the problem, which they affirmed arose from the “abrupt” application of transport measures by the provincial authorities.
