RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Transport Authority (RTA) has given permission to Varan Tours to ply 115 buses on five city routes. The buses will be on roads soon, the RTA sources told Daily Times on Tuesday. According to the sources, the five routes are B-3, B-5, B-6, B-8 and B-11.
They said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had also issued clearance certificates to Varan Tours and buses would be on routes within a week to serve the general public. However, they said, the Varan Tour had yet to fulfil some formalities. The sources said that B-3 buses would ply from Dhoke Syedan to Karachi Company, B-5 from Adiala Jail to Faisal Masjid, B-6 from Tarnol to Humrahi Bus Stand, B-8 from Railway Station to Taxila and B-11 from Railway Station to Golra Sharif.
They said the Punjab government was reconsidering fare schedule and the RTA would be responsible for checking fare violations. The fare list would be affixed at a prominent place in the buses to check overcharging. They said the RTA approved the Varan Tours’ tender and rejected Raja Muhammad Bashir (RMB) Tours’ recommendations, as the RMB could not meet the standard devised by the RTA.
Tariq Rahim, the RTA secretary, said initially Varan buses would ply on three routes including B-3, B-5, and B-6. He said work was in progress on the remaining two routes, which would also be allotted to Varan Tour soon. He said the RTA had done its job and Varan Tours had yet to submit bank statement and other legal documentation before taking off the service.
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