ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government gave permission for public transport to resume from May 18 (Monday) as the Punjab government met with transporters and developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for resumption transport services.
According to the notification issued by the provincial relief rehabilitation and settlement department, public transport will be allowed to resume from Monday under the following procedure;
Divisional commissioners through regional transport authorities, after due consultation with transporters on SOPs, will open intra-district and district-to-district transport through individual orders on routes deemed appropriate by them.
In case of district-to-district transport involving more than one division, recommendations will be made to the provincial transport authority/department for a decision at that level.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government held a meeting with transporters on Friday and developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for resuming public transport services in the province. However, the final approval lies with Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.
The SOPs developed by provincial government were:
Passengers should have a distance of at least three feet when boarding. The air conditioning should be turned off and windows should be kept open. Buses will have to be disinfected after each trip and hand sanitiser should be made available at each terminal. Passengers will board the bus from the front entrance and exit from the back. Passengers with a fever, cough will not be allowed to board the bus.
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