Legal action against transport owners for fare hike sought
Leaders of Passengers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh yesterday urged the government to cancel the registration and take action against the owners of those buses and launches which already raised the transport fares following the latest fuel price hike.
The government is yet to take any decision about increasing fares, but diesel-run vehicles have started charging additional fares, said the association's Secretary General Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury.
Also, owners of CNG-run buses are taking advantage of the fuel price hike, he told a human chain formed by Passengers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh before Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday.
The association's Vice President Sharif Rafiquzzaman said the government always neglected keeping representatives from passengers while forming the committee to re-fix transport fares following fuel price hike.
Such committees, formed mostly of vehicle owners and workers, hiked fares irrationally, keeping no note of passengers' interest, he added.
Communist Party of Bangladesh President Mujahidul Islam Selim said, “The government vowed not to hike fuel price following the previous hike. But it did not keep its words.â€
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