The Dhaka Metropolitan Police continued for the second consecutive day on Friday the drive against CNG-run auto-rickshaws and public transports charging fares more than the rates fixed by the government.
The revised fare chart came into effect on Thursday.
DMP sources said that on the second day of the drive, traffic sergeants checked at every traffic signal in the city if transport operators were charging extra fares violating the revised fare chart.
According to the police control room, DMP filed 414 cases against CNG-run auto-rickshaws on the first day of the drive on Thursday for demanding extra fares from passengers.
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, which carried out drive on Wednesday and Thursday against charging extra fares, did not conduct its drive on Friday.
'We will resume the drive from Sunday till the situation becomes normal,' said the authority's executive magistrate Mohammad Tofael Islam.
On Monday the government raised bus fare by 35 paisa a kilometre in the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong and fixed the minimum fare at Tk 7, following its decision to increase the fuel price.
On long routes, it raised bus fare to Tk 1.15 a kilometre from 94-96 paisa.
The government raised CNG-run auto-rickshaw fare to Tk 7.50 a kilometre from Tk 7. The minimum fare remained unchanged at Tk 25.
Waiting charge for the auto-rickshaws was increased to Tk 1.30 a minute from Tk 1.25.
Source: New Age
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