Even vehicles of election candidates and political activists are not being spared.
The worst sufferers are government employees and students, who have to pay exorbitant charges to rickshaw drivers to reach their offices and educational institutions.
The school and college students, coming here from Kotri, Hussainabad, Latifabad and other areas, find no means of transportation to reach here.
In a number of cases, the students have failed to attend their classes as they did not have enough money to pay to rickshaw drivers.
Lack of transport facilities has also forced commuters to adopt risky ways of transportation. They have to dangle on outer parts of buses to reach their destinations.
Not a single Suzuki can be seen at terminuses for Latifabad, Kotri, Jamshoro and Qasimabad. They have been impounded by the police and parked in the police line headquarters.
The mini buses, vans and buses are also being seized by police.
The inter-district van service for Thatta, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Badin, Dadu and other areas, has been closed by the proprietors as they fear that their vehicles may be impounded.
In the absence of Suzuki service between Hyderabad, Kotri, Qasimabad and Latifabad, rickshaw drivers are charging fare at their will.
Rickshaws have also replaced Suzuki vans and pick-ups in the city and some of them carry five persons, three on its passenger seat and one each on the right and left side with the driver.
However, the traffic police takes no notice of the violation of traffic rules. The traffic police officials have also failed to check over-charging by the rickshaw drivers.
A large number of impounded vehicles can be seen at the ground of the police headquarters of the district.
Some of the vehicles, including trucks, are parked inside Niaz Stadium, right on the playing tracks, despite objections by ground man and sports officer.
It will obviously destroy the pitches, which were prepared at a huge cost by Pakistan Cricket Board at the only international cricket centre in the interior of Sindh.
A traffic police official told this scribe that at least 1,100 vehicles are to be arranged for the election duty.
However, another police official said that for the entire district, the requirement of vehicle is close to 750. He added that for the city 350 vehicles are required and, so far, 250 have been impounded.
The main purpose of impounding of vehicles appears to be transportation of election material — including ballot boxes, ballot papers, indelible ink and other items — and the polling staff to 1422 polling station of Hyderabad district.
Owners of impounded vehicles are being offered fuel and being promised payment of money as well. However, the transporters argue that past experiences show that such promises are never fulfilled.
There are cases in which the transporters have not been paid due payment for vehicles, hired for the presidential referendum in April 2002 and local body elections in May 2001.