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Negligible relief for Karachiites in transport fares

KARACHI: Though the petroleum products’ prices have been cut considerably, the Karachiites will be deprived of full its benefits, as Sindh government and  Karachi Transporter Ittehad announced a negligible cut of one rupee in transport fares of intra-city buses, mini-buses and coaches.

After days of meeting and deliberations, Sindh Transport Minister and KTI President Irshad Bukhari announced the cut in public transport fares, which is negligible.

The minister also announced that crackdown on makers of illegal qinqgi rickshaws, saying that under Section 144 qinqhi rickshaws will be banned in the city.

He said that strict action would be taken against those who will not follow the reduction in fares.

Ironically, the Minister, who has to take cares of citizens rights, was seen advocating transporters cause, as he thanked the KTI for the ‘relief ‘ to the masses.  He claimed that public transport fares in Karachi was less when compared with fares of other cities and justified the negligible relief in transport fares.

It is pertinent to mention here that the transport charged fares from the commuters which is based on diesel prices, but over 90 percent public transports has been switched over to CNG, which cost about 50 percent less than diesel..

The CNG rate in Karachi is 71.5 rupees per Kg whereas diesel rates are 101.21 per liter.

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