KARACHI: Sindh Minister Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Memon ordered to start checking safety measures in public transport.  Sindh minister presiding over a meeting ordered to start checking safety measures in public transport in metropolis.

One-month deadline has been given to place fire extinguishers in school vans and coasters, he ordered. Motorway Police and city administration should jointly start strict checking process in public transport vehicles in Karachi. Sharjeel Memon said permits of those transporters will be suspended if any of them didn’t abide by law. Earlier, according to a study by Shehri NGO, there are essentially 329 routes Karachi-wide where a public transit system needs to be in place while only 50 have buses on them and that too, very few.

However, Karachi Transport Ittehad Chairman Irshad Bukhari claimed some years back volume of buses (including large buses, minibuses and wagons) was above 25,000. “It has now shrunk to about 5,000 and we only run transport on some 50 routes.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 25 2022

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