6/16/2023 0 Comments Cng file driver![]() He said van drivers had been told not to install CNG cylinders inside the vehicles. The students demanded that the government take notice of these protests.ĭistrict Coordination Officer Najam Ahmad Shah said that no compromise would be made on the safety of travelling public. ![]() They said seeing the van drivers protest, rickshaw drivers demanded higher fares.Īmina Rahseed, a third year student at the Government College University Faisalabad, said the van and rickshaw drivers’ frequent protests were affecting people’s routines. Some of them said they waited for vans on major routes for as much as three hours.Ĭollege and university students complained that they could not reach their institutions on time. The van drivers’ protest caused problems users of public transport. He said several complaints to the higher authorities had been ignored. “The district government and traffic police have made a pastime of harassing us,” he said. Noor Ahmad, another protester, said traffic wardens were “unfairly” fining drivers for not installing cylinders on the top of their vehicles. Now, he said, the drivers were being told to remove the gas cylinders and install them on the roofs. ![]() He said the drivers were kept waiting for weeks while the cylinders were sent for laboratory tests. Now, he said, it had started removing them over fitness concerns. Suleman Ali, one of the protesters, said the administration had first encouraged van drivers to convert their vehicles to CNG. They also accused the traffic police of impounding vans to extort bribes. They alleged that the local administration and traffic police were harassing them. The protesting drivers parked their vans on Circular Road, Chiniot Bazaar Chowk, Katchery Bazaar Chowk and Rail Bazaar Gumti Chowk. They said contrary to the city officials’ claims, installation of CNG cylinders on the vehicles’ roofs was hazardous. Scores of van drivers staged a demonstration here on Wednesday against a campaign for removal of CNG cylinders from passenger’s compartment of their vehicles.
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