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6,000 taxi drivers penalized so far


02 March 2019  

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KATHMANDU: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) has booked 52 taxi drivers for irregularities. Division has punished the taxi drivers for charging more than the actual fare to the customers, rejecting to go to places that the customers want and those tampering with the billing machine.

Basant Kumar Pant, SSP at the division said, “A campaign has been expedited to punish the unruly taxi drivers following increasing complaints from the service recipients,”. The division has been mobilizing 40 to 50 traffic police personnel in plain clothes for special monitoring.

Police have fined up to 3,000 rupees, as authorized by the Department of Transport Management. According to the police, taxi drivers operating at Thamel, Maharajgunj, Machhapokhari, Kalanki, Koteswar and the airport areas were found to be cheating clients.

More than 6 thousand taxi drivers have been punished so far in the current fiscal air. There are 10,645 taxis in operation in Kathmandu valley, according to the Department.

Publish Date : 02 March 2019 10:06 AM

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