Public transport owners and staffers in Dhaka are forcing commuters to pay an additional Tk182.42 crore on average crore every day, claims Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (JKS).
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has brought allegations of charging extra fares from passengers in all modes of public transport.
Moreover, passengers are being regularly harassed, insulted and on occasions killed when they protest such chaos, the welfare association added during a discussion in the capital on Tuesday.
Speakers at the discussion alleged that due to such a spree of collecting extra fees from the people the country is seeing an alarming rise in social unrest, commodity prices, and crime rates.
