Illegal transport stands protested

TIMERGARA: Transporters union in Timergara in Lower Dir on Thursday staged a protest against what they called illegal transport stands on the Timergara Bypass road.

The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against Timergara Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) for allowing setting up illegal transport stands.

Leaders of Transporters Union Idrees Bacha, Liaqat Khan, Fakhrullah, Musa Khan and others alleged that the owners had illegally established transport stands on the Timergara Bypass road in connivance with TMA Timergara.

Later, speaking at a news conference at Timergara Press Club, the transporters’ leaders alleged that the illegal transport stands were incurring a loss of millions of rupees to the district government.

“Licences issued to owners of these illegal stands is a question mark on the performance of the district as well as provincial government,” said Idrees.