Transport entrepreneurs have said that they will not implement the revised transportation fares fixed by the government.
Slamming the government for unilaterally deciding to reduce the public transport fares without consulting them, the transport entrepreneurs on Tuesday also threatened of stir if the government tried to put pressure on them to implement the revised fares.
National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs Chairman Dinesh Bhandari termed the transportation fares unilaterally fixed by the government as “unscientific” and said that the transport entrepreneurs will not be liable to implement it since it was done without prior consultation with them and hence “unacceptable”.
Bhandari also accused the government of ignoring previous agreement of reviewing fares after seeking their consent for it and threatened of stir if the government tried to enforce the revised rates.
He said that the public transportation fares should not be adjusted on the basis of the reduction in petroleum prices, but that the salary of transport workers, hike in prices of vehicles and spare parts should also be taken into account
The government had reduced the fares of public vehicles run by diesel and petrol by 13 per cent and 9 per cent respectively.
The decision to reduce the public transportation fares was taken by the government following consultation with representatives of six students’ union at the Ministry of Labour and Transport Management on Monday.
Members of the Nepali Congress-aligned Nepal Students Union (NSU) stage demostration in front of Trichandra College in Kathmandu, protesting the government’s decision to review the transportation fare “without consulting them”. The government has decided to lower the fare by six percent citing the recent cuts in petroleum products. nepalnews.com/tbk
Members of the Nepali Congress-aligned Nepal Students Union (NSU)…
Minister for Labour and Transport Management Lekhraj Bhatta had said that the government will take stern action against transporters found charging the older rates.
Meanwhile, student unions blocked vehicular traffic for an hour in front of Tri-Chandra College in Kathmandu today morning, demanding the implementation of reduction in public transportation fare. nepalnews.com ag Dec 16 08