in the manner of castle rulers in the Middle Ages, who hung the heads of their enemies on the walls;
The El-Shorouk City Development Authority (northeast of Cairo) hung a "tuk-tuk" on the gate of the city authority, yesterday, Tuesday, after it was arrested inside it, to serve as an example to other "tuk-tuk" who are thinking of entering the city.
The city of Shorouk prohibits the entry of “tuk-tuk” to its lands, as it is an illegal and unsafe method, according to statements by the head of the Shorouk City Authority, Engineer Abdel Latif Bishara, who indicated that there is a ministerial decision prohibiting the presence of “tuk-tuk” inside new cities, and the confiscation of any vehicle arrested on the streets City.
Bishara was proud - in press statements - that Al-Shorouk City is the only city free of "tuk-tuk", explaining that there are safer internal transportation in the city to preserve the lives of citizens.
"This is what will happen with any tuktuk that comes close to the city." .. The device of the city of Al-Shorouk hangs a "tuktuk" on the doors of the device's building to be an example for others pic.twitter.com/2iM1gdGf9q
- Al Jazeera Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) June 8, 2021
With the same pride, he confirmed that the suspension of the "tuk-tuk" on the door of the city apparatus is a strong indication that this is a deterrent punishment for anyone who begged himself and entered the "tuk-tuk" into the city, explaining that it was seized and a report was issued for its confiscation.
And the media advisor to the Prime Minister, Hani Younis, published pictures of the "tuk-tuk" hanging on his Facebook page, calling on his followers to watch the final fate of the only tuk-tuk seized in the city during its transfer and deposit in the device's warehouses, in preparation for the confiscation procedures, amid the residents' support and joy, in order to preserve the civilized appearance that characterizes the city. Sunrise.
🛑 "They hung him and confiscated him, and he was deposited in the stores." .. The Sunrise City Authority punishes the owner of "Tuk Tuk" who tried to enter the city and work in it, and the ministers' spokesman: This will be the fate of any tuk-tuk near Al-Shorouk City pic.twitter.com/jA6M1R1W4p
— Shorouk News (@Shorouk_News) June 8, 2021
The "tuktuk" comment, and the subsequent statements by Al-Shorouk city officials, sparked a great interaction on social networking sites, which were filled with pictures of "tuktuk" hanging on the doors.
mockery
While a number of followers expressed their happiness at preventing the "tuk-tuk" from entering the city, most of the followers mocked that government officials and officials at this high level suspended the "tuk-tuk" and took pictures with it, as victors in a battle, stressing that it was the government that agreed to import the "tuk-tuk", and allowed him to work in Egypt.
A large number questioned the extent of the legality of this act, calling on the leadership of the agency to deal within the framework of the state of just law in a deterrent and complete manner, pointing to the consequences - which may be catastrophic - on the general behavior of the citizen in the street and at home, in light of law enforcement officials violating it.
The "tuk-tuk" is one of the most controversial issues in Egypt, after the number of its vehicles reached 4 million "tuk-tuks", according to a statistic of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, published by the Egyptian government newspaper Al-Ahram, and while the number of licensed "tuk-tuk" does not exceed a quarter of a million "tuk-tuk" Only, the number of unlicensed vehicles exceeds 3.5 million.
While millions of Egyptian families depend on the "tuk-tuk" for transportation within the regions, cities and villages, and as a major source of income for their children in light of the deteriorating economic situation, many see the link between the "tuk-tuk" phenomenon with an increase in crime rates, the spread of drugs, as well as the escape of trained workers from factories, Desire for more income and fewer work restrictions.
The Egyptian government has taken several decisions to confront the "tuk-tuk" crises;
In November 2018, the Council of Ministers announced the suspension of issuing new licenses for "tuk-tuk", and in September 2019 Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced the start of a program to replace "tuk-tuk" with safe and licensed cars, but the "Corona" crisis halted the project.
The mayor of Al-Shorouk City hangs a tuktuk on the door of the city apparatus, and the reason is that the tuktuk surreptitiously enters the city
despite his decision to prevent the tuktuk from entering the city for the sake of civilized appearance 😂😂
God bless you pic.twitter.com/9bAJitOehm
— Mahmoud Mohamed Bayoumi (@aZAtofZzEd7UFwJ) June 8, 2021
And last March, the Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevin Gamea, issued a decision to form a committee that includes all the parties concerned with the file, and the committee is specialized in developing the executive mechanisms for an expanded plan to replace millions of "tuk-tuk" vehicles with small passenger cars.