Transport entrepreneurs have started to exert pressure on the government
to increase public transport fares citing frequent rise in diesel price
over the past three months.
The government had hiked the price of diesel by Rs 4 per liter on March 26 before making its latest adjustment by Rs 4 per liter on Tuesday.
“Entrepreneurs have intensified their pressure on us to raise the fares of public transport following the latest rise in diesel price today (Tuesday). We have asked them to come up with formal demands before sitting for dialogue on fare adjustment,” Chandra Man Shrestha, director general of Department of Transport Management (DoTM) told Republica on Tuesday.
As per the gentleman´s agreement between transport entrepreneurs and the government, fare will be adjusted when price of petroleum products fluctuates more than Rs 5 per liter.
The government had made latest hike in public transport fare on March 20 in the range between 4.54 percent and eight per cent in line with the prices of petroleum products in international market that influences domestic price.
As per that revision, commuters have been paying Rs 15 for shortest route to Rs 70 for longest route in public bus and tempos. Similarly, the government had increased fare for trucks and tankers by 5.26 percent for Terai and 5.29 percent in hilly regions. Taxi fare was pushed up by 8.19 percent to Rs 32 per km.
Four years ago a committee formed to suggest scientific fares fixing system for public transport had recommended the government to adjust the fares giving separate weightage to fuel and other factors determining the cost for operating vehicles to end the dispute in determining fares.
Under the system fuel and non-fuel factors such as spare parts, administrative cost, bank interest, repair-maintenance and staff salary among others are given 35 percent and 65 percent weightage respectively.
Source:myrepublica
The government had hiked the price of diesel by Rs 4 per liter on March 26 before making its latest adjustment by Rs 4 per liter on Tuesday.
“Entrepreneurs have intensified their pressure on us to raise the fares of public transport following the latest rise in diesel price today (Tuesday). We have asked them to come up with formal demands before sitting for dialogue on fare adjustment,” Chandra Man Shrestha, director general of Department of Transport Management (DoTM) told Republica on Tuesday.
As per the gentleman´s agreement between transport entrepreneurs and the government, fare will be adjusted when price of petroleum products fluctuates more than Rs 5 per liter.
The government had made latest hike in public transport fare on March 20 in the range between 4.54 percent and eight per cent in line with the prices of petroleum products in international market that influences domestic price.
As per that revision, commuters have been paying Rs 15 for shortest route to Rs 70 for longest route in public bus and tempos. Similarly, the government had increased fare for trucks and tankers by 5.26 percent for Terai and 5.29 percent in hilly regions. Taxi fare was pushed up by 8.19 percent to Rs 32 per km.
Four years ago a committee formed to suggest scientific fares fixing system for public transport had recommended the government to adjust the fares giving separate weightage to fuel and other factors determining the cost for operating vehicles to end the dispute in determining fares.
Under the system fuel and non-fuel factors such as spare parts, administrative cost, bank interest, repair-maintenance and staff salary among others are given 35 percent and 65 percent weightage respectively.
Source:myrepublica
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