Karachi:
Goods carriers on Saturday interrupted their strike after successful negotiations with provincial authorities in Karachi.
After the negotiations, Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi confirmed that the carriers’ associations have insured their full cooperation with the provincial government and the divisional administration to tackle the mechanical errors of heavy vehicles over time.
He noted that warehouses have agreed to submit weekly reports to the Vice President’s General Inspector of the Traffic Police.
“They won’t serve any ‘unworthy vehicle’ road,” read a statement from the Commissioner.
As for previously seized vehicles, he added that the introduced heavy vehicles will be released immediately, except those who are severely dropped condition that the release of introduced vehicles will be made after furnishing a statement that the vehicle will not be brought on the road unless it is cleared by motor vehicle inspection.
Transport Goods Association (TGA) President Tariq Gujjar declared that the officials had recognized their demands as “legitimate”, giving a six-month window to implement key issues, including improving the vehicle’s fitness standards to reduce roadmic.
Gujjar shared that the number of motor vehicle inspectors had been increased to 25, and according to the commissioner, 25 would soon be recruited to overcome delays in issuing fitness certificates.
He added that the newly recruited inspectors will visit the association’s offices to issue computer -fitness certificates directly.
As part of long -term solutions, TGA suggested for the provincial government to move thousands of stocks from densely populated commercial nodes such as Saddar and Tariq Road to the outskirts of the city.
The association also proposed the construction or term of roads exclusively for heavy vehicles in industrial areas and reservations of separate traces for motorcycles along such routes to prevent collisions.
The TGA president mentioned their encounter with Sindh the local government minister Saeed Ghani, who informed them that chief minister Murad Ali Shah had taken a serious note of the situation.
In addition, Gujjar revealed that dealer’s bodies had reached the prime minister of Shearif and sought federal intervention to solve the problem as they claimed from the “sudden” enforcement of transport measures from the provincial authorities.
