KOLKATA: Cabbies now don’t have any room for difficult fares at their whim because the state transport department has released a detailed fare chart, which presentations the revised amounts, towards the fares reflected at the outdated meters. Passengers can seek the advice of this fare chart, to be had with taxi drivers, until all the 20,000-and-odd yellow and white taxis’ meters are recalibrated. Also, the department plans to droop a taxi’s registration number on a grievance of refusal.
The department has steered taxi drivers to stick the fare chart at the back of their seats so that passengers can simply check the conversion from the metered fare to the revised fare. “This process will continue until all digital taxi meters are recalibrated to show the revised fare,” said Tapan Kanti Rudra, director, West Bengal Transport Directorate. Additional chief secretary (transport) Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who presided over a assessment assembly at the implementation of the fare, additionally directed his officials to fine-tune the nitty-gritty so that commuters didn't face trouble paying the fares.
To prevent cabbies from refusing passengers, the transport department seeks to coordinate with the police and droop the registration choice of the car of the errant driver for a duration. “We have a mechanism to flag an alert towards the registration choice of a cab. If a refusal is delivered to our realize, an alert will be generated and the registration number involved will be shared with the police. The cab’s registration number will be suspended for a duration. The police too can prosecute the driving force for violation of allow,” a senior public car department respectable said. “After the fare has been higher, taxi drivers cannot refuse passenger a experience. When they opted for taxi permits, they agreed to comply certain allow prerequisites as a public transport provider. If they don’t fulfil them, they can be prosecuted for allow condition violation. We are exploring each felony and sensible options to mend this refusal downside,” said another senior respectable.
The transport department has additionally prepared fare tables for 744 bus routes in Kolkata metropolitan area, where 11,621 automobiles ply day by day. “A majority of buses have got the fare desk of revised charges. There could be a couple of that might no longer have got it but. We have requested them not to fee new fares to steer clear of struggle between passengers and bus conductors. These are teething problems that will be over through Wednesday,” said Tapan Bandyopadhyay of Joint Council of Bus Syndicates.
The department has steered taxi drivers to stick the fare chart at the back of their seats so that passengers can simply check the conversion from the metered fare to the revised fare. “This process will continue until all digital taxi meters are recalibrated to show the revised fare,” said Tapan Kanti Rudra, director, West Bengal Transport Directorate. Additional chief secretary (transport) Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who presided over a assessment assembly at the implementation of the fare, additionally directed his officials to fine-tune the nitty-gritty so that commuters didn't face trouble paying the fares.
To prevent cabbies from refusing passengers, the transport department seeks to coordinate with the police and droop the registration choice of the car of the errant driver for a duration. “We have a mechanism to flag an alert towards the registration choice of a cab. If a refusal is delivered to our realize, an alert will be generated and the registration number involved will be shared with the police. The cab’s registration number will be suspended for a duration. The police too can prosecute the driving force for violation of allow,” a senior public car department respectable said. “After the fare has been higher, taxi drivers cannot refuse passenger a experience. When they opted for taxi permits, they agreed to comply certain allow prerequisites as a public transport provider. If they don’t fulfil them, they can be prosecuted for allow condition violation. We are exploring each felony and sensible options to mend this refusal downside,” said another senior respectable.
The transport department has additionally prepared fare tables for 744 bus routes in Kolkata metropolitan area, where 11,621 automobiles ply day by day. “A majority of buses have got the fare desk of revised charges. There could be a couple of that might no longer have got it but. We have requested them not to fee new fares to steer clear of struggle between passengers and bus conductors. These are teething problems that will be over through Wednesday,” said Tapan Bandyopadhyay of Joint Council of Bus Syndicates.
New cab fare charts to help till recalibration
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