RAWALPINDI: Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on Tuesday launched new bus services on two different routes one from Rawat to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) and the second from Rawat to Taxila.

RTA Secretary Mehar Ghulam Abbas inaugurated the bus services.

Ten air-conditioned buses will each ply on these two routes.

The first route commences from Rawat and pass through the Soan bus terminal, Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench, Fauji Foundation, district courts and Kutchery Chowk and then to IIA via Peshawar Road.

The second route starts from Rawat to District Courts, Kuchery Chowk and ends at Taxila.

“The district administration wanted to start a public transport service on these routes,” RTA Secretary Mehar Ghulam Abbas said.

He said that ever since the airport became operational two years ago, no public transport system was in place to connect the airport to the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The resultant vacuum has allowed transporters, particularly taxi drivers, to fleece residents who want to travel to and from the new airport.

Published in Dawn, July 29th, 2020