LAHORE – The citizens continued to suffer due to the transporters’ strike against the provincial authorities over heavy traffic challans across Punjab.
The citizens who have to travel from their villages to the cities or from the cities to the villages faced huge problem as they could not find any bus and mode of communication for travelling.
Similarly, the goods could not reach the markets in big cities because of the transporters’ strike. Those who are familiar with the development said that the prices of the fruits and vegetables are likely to go up after the strike
“There is also possibility that the fruits and vegetables will disappear from the markets and bazaars due to the strike,” said Muhammad Hanif, a dealer who runs his business at a local market near Badami Bagh.
He said that the supply of the vegetables and fruits was also impacted by the strike of the transporters.
The strike is being observed today after the talks between the government officials and the transporters could not reach any consensus on Saturday. The transporters, according to the sources, wanted to have access to the incumbent Punjab chief minister to hold talks.
However, some TV reports suggested that both the transporters and the government authorities reached consensus.
“The government has accepted the demand of the transporters and now the government would reduce the amount of the fines being imposed on the transporters,” reported a local TV.
The transporters said that the heavy fines not only caused them huge trouble but also damaged their business activities.
The Punjab transport minister, according to the reports, assured the transporters that the lower fines would be imposed on the violators.
Even after the assurance, the buses and good transports are not available this time in major parts of Punjab.
