The government must make its presence felt. It should strictly enforce the fares fixed for the mass transports. Since ensuring welfare of the people is one of the yardsticks of good governance, the government should be proactive and rein in the conscienceless owners and operators of mass transports before things go out of control

Continuing anarchy in the mass transportation sector

The owners of buses and minibuses in the capital have continued to  realize  10 to 20 times more fares  than the government fixed ones from the commuters. Owners of 87 per cent transports are engaged in this gross injustice showing thumbs to the relevant authorities. A report on this appeared in a front rank daily newspaper on October 28.
Considering the rise in the price of compressed natural gas (CNG), government has raised the fares  for journeys on buses and the like by 10 paisa per kilometer. But this order is being flouted outright and the owners of mass transports are realizing fares from the passengers in a most arbitrary manner ignoring rules and regulations in this  matter. The realization of excess fares is leading to untoward incidents among  commuters and  transport workers.  
The passengers are virtually hostages to the owners and workers of buses and minibuses. If passengers protest the illegal realization of excess fares, the vehicles they travel by stop on the midway exposing them to untold sufferings. The costs  of living  have increased recently.  Prices of daily essentials have shot  up putting the people of  fixed income groups  into worse hardships. The excess transport fares have only added to their woes. Notably, the majority of the non affluent people living in the capital have to depend on the mass transportation sector  for going from one place to another.            
The way excess fares are being realized from the commuters the same is pushing the backs of the latter to the wall. They can hardly be expected to  tolerate this tyranny indefinitely. The situation has come to such a pass that the commuters may take law in their own hands any time. Once this happens, it will invite additional problems for the government in maintaining law and order. According to the rules, each vehicle must have a chart of the fixed fares. But surprisingly, no such chart is seen available in the vehicles. This is a ploy to materialize the sinister design of the transport owners and operators.
It is the responsibility of the government, particularly the law enforcement agencies,  to see to it that the government’s orders regarding fares are obeyed unfailingly in all cases. But unfortunately the reverse is happening. How this fleecing of hundreds of thousands of people of modest means every day can go on is a huge question that begs an answer. Media has been focusing almost daily on this large scale mass suffering to no effect on the part of those who should be taking stern actions against such heartless exploitation of common people.
The government must make its presence felt. It  should strictly enforce the fares fixed for the mass transports. Since ensuring welfare of the people is one of the yardsticks of good governance, the government should be proactive and rein in the conscienceless  owners and operators of mass transports before things go out of control.  

The government must make its presence felt. It should strictly enforce the fares fixed for the mass transports. Since ensuring welfare of the people is one of the yardsticks of good governance, the government should be proactive and rein in the conscienceless owners and operators of mass transports before things go out of control

Continuing anarchy in the mass transportation sector

The owners of buses and minibuses in the capital have continued to realize 10 to 20 times more fares than the government fixed ones from the commuters. Owners of 87 per cent transports are engaged in this gross injustice showing thumbs to the relevant authorities. A report on this appeared in a front rank daily newspaper on October 28. Considering the rise in the price of compressed natural gas (CNG), government has raised the fares for journeys on buses and the like by 10 paisa per kilometer. But this order is being flouted outright and the owners of mass transports are realizing fares from the passengers in a most arbitrary manner ignoring rules and regulations in this matter. The realization of excess fares is leading to untoward incidents among commuters and transport workers. The passengers are virtually hostages to the owners and workers of buses and minibuses. If passengers protest the illegal realization of excess fares, the vehicles they travel by stop on the midway exposing them to untold sufferings. The costs of living have increased recently. Prices of daily essentials have shot up putting the people of fixed income groups into worse hardships. The excess transport fares have only added to their woes. Notably, the majority of the non affluent people living in the capital have to depend on the mass transportation sector for going from one place to another. The way excess fares are being realized from the commuters the same is pushing the backs of the latter to the wall. They can hardly be expected to tolerate this tyranny indefinitely. The situation has come to such a pass that the commuters may take law in their own hands any time. Once this happens, it will invite additional problems for the government in maintaining law and order. According to the rules, each vehicle must have a chart of the fixed fares. But surprisingly, no such chart is seen available in the vehicles. This is a ploy to materialize the sinister design of the transport owners and operators. It is the responsibility of the government, particularly the law enforcement agencies, to see to it that the governments orders regarding fares are obeyed unfailingly in all cases. But unfortunately the reverse is happening. How this fleecing of hundreds of thousands of people of modest means every day can go on is a huge question that begs an answer. Media has been focusing almost daily on this large scale mass suffering to no effect on the part of those who should be taking stern actions against such heartless exploitation of common people. The government must make its presence felt. It should strictly enforce the fares fixed for the mass transports. Since ensuring welfare of the people is one of the yardsticks of good governance, the government should be proactive and rein in the conscienceless owners and operators of mass transports before things go out of control.