Murad-ali-shahChief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah Sunday directed the provincial transport minister to formulate the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the resumption of public transport. The chief minister said this during a meeting with Sindh Transport Minister Syed Awais Shah. Awais called on the chief minister to discuss matters related to transporters amid the coronavirus lockdown. “Government will resolve all reservations of transporters on a priority basis,” Murad further said. During the meeting, Awais Shah apprised the CM of the reservations of the transporters and problems being faced by them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Murad Ali Shah directed the Sindh transport minister to formulate the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the resumption of public transport.
Awais Shah said that transporters fully cooperated with the government during the lockdown in the province due to coronavirus. He further said that SOPs will be formulated with the consultation of transporters for the resumption of public transport. It may be noted that President Karachi Transport Ittehad Irshad Bukhari had given the ultimatum to the Sindh government to relax the rules for them in the lockdown within three days.
“We will wait for three days for Sindh government’s decision, after that we will park the vehicles on the roads”, Irshad Bukhari was quoted as saying.
On March 23, Sindh Transport Minister Awais Shah had ordered a ban on intra-city as well as inter-city public transport across the province. Buses, taxis, rickshaws and online cab services are also suspended across the province.
Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Sunday said that more isolation centers should be set up in the province, including Karachi, and the capacity of Expo Isolation Center should be enhanced from 1200 to 1500.
Chairing a meeting in Karachi, he asked the commissioner Karachi to design a plan in this regard. The chief minister said permission has been given for online business in the province. He appealed to people to take all precautionary measures.
