Twin cities bus stands not following SOPs strictly.

ISLAMABAD -- The majority of general bus stands in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are likely to cause troubles for the district administrations as very less number of people follow SOPs despite the strict warnings of the government.

Besides the violation of SOPs, the transporters have also been involved in many other violations including overcharging and overloading which is completely against the conditions set between the government and transporters ahead of the reopening of the transport system.

The government on the condition of strict adoption of all the precautionary measures had allowed the transporters to start the transport system to different parts of the country. However, the transporters and even the commuters are paying no heed towards the SOPs and things may get out of hands if timely actions were not taken. The Nation in its survey of different bus stands including Faizabad, MandiMorr, Karachi Company and Peer WadhaiMorr witnessed that the SOPs set by the government for the public transport have been violated by the transporters and the district administration despite deployment of police personnel at all the bus stands failed to stop them from violation of SOPs.

While talking to The Nation, a passenger atFaizabad Bus Stand who was travelling to Peshawar told that the situation at the bus stands was slipping out of the hands as majority of the people were not following the SOPs.

He stated that besides the violation of SOPs, the transporters were charging them high fares and they were facing huge overloading, but still the motorway police and the district administration were yet to take actions...