CNG closure in winter to hit masses hard

ISLAMABAD - season without anThe government’s plan to shut down the CNG stations business in winter y backup plan for the poor commuters seem to bring many hardships in the lives of the masses as the private transporters already have started cautioning their clients that they were going to at least double the rates of their fares if the CNG stations are closed by the govt.

The government at present is taking into consideration the only aspect that how to make it possible to maintain the smooth supply of gas to the households but it is ignoring a very important angle that these households are also stakeholders if the CNG is closed during the winter season.
All these households, that the government is claiming to take care of by shutting down the gas stations, will be affected badly due to CNG closure. Certain quarters believe that the government is not considering the fact that most of the people across the country are facing a hand to mouth situation at the moment. They, under no circumstances, are able to fill the most expensive fuel (petrol) in their vehicles.
There are people who do not own cars or even if they do, they have hired the services of private transporters for the pick and drop for them and their children. In such cases they are paying an amount ranging from Rs 1500 to Rs 5000 depending upon the distance. All such people and other those use their own vehicles for these duties are very much worried at the moment because the service charges of private transporters are likely to double in case the CNG stations are closed.
These people across the country are already living in much hard conditions and they cannot spend a single penny more than their already set budget. Last five years of previous government as well as the so far tenure of the present government has increased financial burden on the masses while their incomes havn’t changed.
The government, if it wants to ban CNG, should start from the public transporters as they cheat the public by charging diesel prices instead of CNG. Certain quarters believe that the government’s decision for allowing the public transporters to have cylinders installed in the vehicles is not understandable.
It is pertinent to mention here that the government at a time had ordered to suspend the supply of CNG to public transporters but after some time it issued another policy allowing them to have 2 cylinders installed in their vehicles but not the 4. Though it makes some difference but the government must not be doing this on the cost of private commuters.