In a positive development for the country’s business community, goods carriers announced on Saturday their strike after successful negotiations with the authorities in Karachi.
The country’s logistics and transport system had stopped as the national strike by the transport transporters entered their fourth day on Friday, interrupting commercial operations, paralyzing supply chains and gave a new blow to the fragile economy of the country.
The strike, triggered by the application of the SNDH government of the new vehicle physical conditioning regulations, left thousands of containers stranded in ports and warehouses, causing a generalized concern between exporters and importers.
The provincial government introduced physical conditioning regulations of stricter vehicles in response to an increase in traffic accidents in Karachi. The city has witnessed an alarming increase in fatal collisions, particularly that they involve dumpeters and water tankers.
Said Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi Dawn.com“Transporters [association] They have secured their full cooperation to [the] Provincial government and division administration in rectification failures in heavy vehicles in due time. “
He added that goods transporters will provide a weekly report to the deputy inspector of the Traffic Police.
“There will be no vehicle from ‘Road Indigly’,” said a statement issued by the commissioner.
“ Heavy vehicles tax will be released immediately, except those that are in very ruined conditions, for which [the] The release of confiscated vehicles will be carried out after providing an affidavit that the vehicle will not be taken to the road, unless it is clarified by inspection of motor vehicles. “
The president of the Association of Transportation Assets (TGA), Tariq Gujjar, said that officials considered their demands as “legitimate” and gave them a period of six months for the implementation of different problems, including the aptitude of heavy vehicles, to control the growing accidents in the metropolis.
He said the commissioner informed them that the number of motor vehicle inspectors has increased to 25.
In addition, he quoted the commissioner saying that 25 more inspectors will be recruited to overcome the shortage of physical conditioning certificates to vehicles.
The president of TGA continued that these inspectors will visit their offices for the issuance of computerized physical conditioning certificates.
He prepared that the association had proposed to the provincial government as part of the long -term measures to change thousands of stores in the key areas of Karachi, including Saddar and Tariq Road on the outskirts of the metropolis.
In addition, he said that he had sent the proposal to dedicate or establish roads for heavy vehicles in the city’s industrial areas and reserve tracks for motorcycles on those roads to avoid accidents in the future.
The TGA leader also said that they met with the local government minister of Sindh, Saeed Ghani, who informed them that Prime Minister Murad Ali Shah has realized the seriousness of the problem.
The organizations of the merchants had also approached Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the resolution of the problem, which arises from the “abrupt” implementation of the measures against the transport of goods by the provincial government, he added.
