Unfair fares
Three-wheel human haulers are one of the most popular means of transportation in our country. But these have become a tragedy for the people depending on this transportation system. During the holy month of Ramadan the service that the citizen is getting from them is a matter of real concern. Not only in the capital city but also in metro cities like Chittagong the residents are getting robbed by the drivers of these three wheelers. The government has set rules that the drivers of such haulers are bound to carry passengers wherever they want to go. Meter has been set too so that the passengers can pay a certain amount of fare. But in Chittagong none has ever seen any taxi driver going by the rule. They always show excuses like their owners force them to take extra amount of fare or they cannot cope with the heavy traffic jam. Today I had to go to Probottok Shoroni from Halishahar H/E and I had to wait for an hour to get one CNG baby taxi. The vacant one that I got was asking for 100% extra fare and was showing excuse that it's the month of Ramadan or there is a huge traffic jam ahead. But the fact was that the traffic was like a regular day. Seeing no option, I had to pay an extra Tk 40 to reach my destination. I also asked for help from some policemen who were standing next to me. But no help was provided. Is this what Ramadan teaches us?
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