LAHORE: The Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) has announced the imposition of fee on media coverage of Metro Bus and Orange Line train stations.
Under the PMTA new guidelines, media organizations seeking to cover the mass transit stations will be required to pay a coverage fee, and permission for coverage will be decided based on this payment.
The authority classified the stations into three categories across the Orange Line. In Category A, which includes eight stations, for which the coverage fee has been set at Rs246,000 per station.
For Category B, which comprises 10 stations, a coverage fee of Rs185,000 has been imposed while Category C, encompassing eight stations, for which coverage fee of Rs124,000 has been fixed.
Moreover, it has been clarified that the coverage fee of Rs124,000 will also apply to media organizations intending to cover the Metro Bus service.
