Booking of vehicles starts for elections

ISLAMABAD—People living in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are facing massive problems due to an acute shortage of public transport in the city as the officials of various government departments and candidates of different political parties have booked a large number of private vehicles, Online has learnt.
It was also learnt that the public transport including buses, vans and rickshaws, which are a major source of transportation, have decreased considerably adding to the woes of the people. Candidates, who got such transport for using them in their election campaign and for taking voters to polling stations, booked most of the public transport. The candidates hired these vehicles after paying hefty amounts of money to the vehicles owners. On the other hand, the transporters have also increased the rates of their transport and are earning handsome money. The officials of some government departments have booked vans and buses for the convenience of the polling staff on the polling day.—Agencies