Tough action against CNG drivers charging excess fare
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Tough legal action will be taken against the CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers if anyone charges excess fare than the fixed rate and refuses to go to a destination as per passenger demand, Parliament was told Monday, report agencies.
In a written answer to a tabled question of AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad (Jamaat-Cox's Bazar), Syed Abul Hossain said he had meetings a number of times with the owners and workers' representatives of CNG-run auto-rickshaws and taxicabs aiming to stop harassment of passengers by the drivers of auto-rickshaws and taxicabs.
He said the Communications Ministry has decided to increase the fare of CNG-run auto-rickshaw from next January in the light of the demand of the owners and drivers as well as the present economic situation.
The Communications Minister said a guideline has been prepared to regulate taxicab services, as in the present system it is difficult to bring the taxicabs under discipline.
As per new guideline, the taxicabs will be operated by designated companies, he said adding that permission will not be given to any individual owner or single person to operate taxicab.
A company operating taxicab service must have a fleet of minimum 1000 taxicabs and own control room equipped with radio telephone link, cell phone and GPS for round the clock contact with the cab drivers, Abul Hossain said.
In a written answer to a tabled question of AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad (Jamaat-Cox's Bazar), Syed Abul Hossain said he had meetings a number of times with the owners and workers' representatives of CNG-run auto-rickshaws and taxicabs aiming to stop harassment of passengers by the drivers of auto-rickshaws and taxicabs.
He said the Communications Ministry has decided to increase the fare of CNG-run auto-rickshaw from next January in the light of the demand of the owners and drivers as well as the present economic situation.
The Communications Minister said a guideline has been prepared to regulate taxicab services, as in the present system it is difficult to bring the taxicabs under discipline.
As per new guideline, the taxicabs will be operated by designated companies, he said adding that permission will not be given to any individual owner or single person to operate taxicab.
A company operating taxicab service must have a fleet of minimum 1000 taxicabs and own control room equipped with radio telephone link, cell phone and GPS for round the clock contact with the cab drivers, Abul Hossain said.