Kathmandu, June 28
A government task force has recommended that the government increase the public transport fare as soon as possible to adjust it in accordance with various scientific measures.
Whereas most of the public transport has been suspended currently owing to the lockdown imposed to control the Covid-19 spread, the decision is likely to be made once the operation resumes.
It has been nine years since the public transport fare was revised for the last time. Therefore, transporters were demanding the government revise it immediately.
The task force of the Department of Transport Management has also recommended the hike, informs the department’s chief Namaraj Ghimire. He says the department has submitted its report to the Ministry of Transport Management for a needful decision.
Ghimire maintains the department has not recommended any specific rate for the hike while the transporters have been demanding a 40 per cent increase.