Peshawar -Hhigh level meeting was held under the chairmanship of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Transport and Mass Transit Department Director Fahad Ikram Qazi to discuss the issues of traffic congestion and fare rates in district Peshawar in his office on Friday.
The meeting discussed in detail issues and complaints received through Pakistan Citizen Portal in this regard. It was decided that traffic police and Regional Transport Authority (RTA) staff shall check the Public Service Vehicles (PSV) on roads and take necessary action against the vehicles/drivers if found guilty of overcharging.
The Transport department director said that the managers/deputy director, city district government officials shall ensure that no vehicle/driver charge extra fare from passengers. He said that the traffic police, district administration and RTA shall take immediate necessary action against the private taxies and without permit rickshaws as per the orders of the Peshawar High Court.
, and impound all illegal, unregistered and without permit taxis and rickshaws.