Dubai Roads and Transport Authority announced the implementation of an inspection campaign on 6,510 taxis belonging to the seven franchise companies, including the Dubai Taxi Corporation, which resulted in 643 violations related to the non-implementation of preventive measures, during the second quarter of this year, with the aim of identifying the extent of These companies comply with the precautionary measures in place to combat the outbreak of the emerging coronavirus.
Saeed Al Balushi, Director of the Supervision of Passenger Transport Activities at the Public Transport Agency, said that the authority is keen to intensify its inspection campaigns on the various means of public transportation in Dubai, especially in this emergency health condition that the world is living in, adding that the campaigns that were implemented on taxis focused on The extent of the commitment of taxi drivers to download the authorized number of passengers, in order to ensure the achievement of physical distance between passengers during transportation, and the number of vehicles that were subject to inspection in this regard reached 6510 taxis, resulting in 643 violations related to the non-implementation of these preventive measures, out of a total of 11 thousand vehicles Run by franchise companies.
He explained that these campaigns included field visits to the headquarters of the franchise companies for taxi vehicles, to ensure their commitment to sterilization procedures for their offices and facilities, and to take the necessary precautions to provide a safe and hygienic work environment, and that the inspectors of the Department of Passenger Transportation Supervision carried out the full coverage of these headquarters, which resulted in monitoring a full commitment to the procedures all.
Al-Balushi confirmed that the inspection campaigns that we implement fall within annual and strategic plans that are set periodically throughout the year.