CNG auto drivers demand fare hike
Auto-rickshaw drivers in the city yesterday threatened to launch agitation programmes from June 12, if their demands, which include increasing the fare in adjustment to the CNG price hike, are not met.
To press home their demands, the CNG-run three-wheeler drivers held a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity under the banner of "Dhaka Zila Auto-rickshaw Tempo Mishuk Janbahon Shramik Union."
They demanded the fare be increased from Tk 7 to Tk 8.50 per km along with a Tk 0.25 rise on its waiting charge.
The 11-point demand also include punitive measures against the auto-rickshaw owners who charge the drivers extra despite the government-fixed rate, ending police harassment in the name of checking driving licence, adapting a hassle-free system for drivers to obtain licence and creating parking space for auto-rickshaws at different places.
Over 12,700 auto rickshaws ply the city roads everyday.
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