Mobile courts continue against vehicles charging extra fares: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is conducting mobile courts in the city against the vehicles which are charging extra fares from passengers.

“From today, the BRTA’s mobile courts are being conducted in different places of Dhaka city against the vehicles which are realizing extra fares,” he told a press conference at his secretariat office here.

Quader, also the Awami League general secretary, said instructions have already been given at field level to conduct mobile courts across the country to check realising additional transport fares from passengers. He urged all concerned, including divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, highway police and district police, to play an effective role in this regard.

Quader reiterated that the government would take stern actions if the transport owners and workers charge extra fares from passengers. He said if they do not refrain from charging additional fares from passengers, legal action will be taken against them.

Mentioning that the fares of diesel-run vehicles were re-fixed as the price of diesel and kerosene went up, the road transport and bridges minister said although the leaders of transport owners and workers associations pledged to realise fares at the re-fixed rates, there were allegations that various transport charged additional fares from passengers yesterday.