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New cabs to replace existing yellow cabs at airport

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Transport Dewan Mohammad Yousuf Farooqui on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee to draw a plan to replace the existing yellow cabs operating at the Karachi airport with new ones. He was presiding over a meeting of the transport department at his office.

The members of the committee are director airport (CAA), DIG traffic and highways, deputy commissioner, Malir, and secretary regional transport authority (RTA), Karachi. The committee is asked to submit its report within three days.

The minister took serious notice of the harassment of passengers by the yellow cab operators at the airport and instructed the provincial transport department to draw a plan for the replacement of the yellow cabs from the airport.

The minister asked the officials to computerised the yellow cab system at the airport.

In this regard Pakistan Yellow Cab Federation will arrange computer for issuance of computerise chit to a passenger availing the taxi services and will contain details about the driver and the taxi. This decision has been taken to check incidents of looting of incoming passengers at the hands of taxi drivers.

It was also decided that the Yellow Cab Federation and the traffic police would ensure that meters in these taxis were not tampered.