Motorists who park their cars at public bus stops will be fined, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has warned.
The warning follows a complaint made by the Oman National Transport Company (Mwasalat) saying car drivers were found blocking the company’s designated parking lots during the Eid holiday. “Mwasalat has appealed to the Royal Oman Police to take necessary action against vehicles that hinder (space for) bus stops,” the company said in tweet.
In less than two hours, the ROP’s Traffic Department responded to the tweet, saying the act is illegal and will be considered a traffic violation.
The fine for parking at a public bus stop is OMR15, according to an ROP source.
The ROP later shared an image of a police patrol near a bus stop in Muscat with a caption that read, “Police officers are keeping a close eye on the bus stops for motorists who hinder the buses’ movement.”
Social media users in the Sultanate hailed the “quick and transparent” communication between the two government bodies.
Praising the two parties, Twitter user @nassir458rr said, “How wonderful is this transparent communication between two public institutions. God bless you and we hope that other institutions do the same.”
“This is a nice utilisation of new technology between the two institutions. Earlier, such issues were solved through paper work, which took weeks to be done,” Oman TV news anchor Ahmed Al Kindi said on his official Twitter handle.
Mwasalat has recently increased the number of daily trips to Salalah, providing a total of 225 seats a day, about seven thousand seats a month.
Source: TimesOfOman