The new system was implemented at the call of Narayani Transport Entrepreneurs´ Committee from May 19. The committee said they imposed the new system as per the decision of Nepal Trucks and Tankers Federation, the apex body of trucks and tanker entrepreneurs. [break]
As per the new provision, trucks and tankers have started plying on the roads on alternate days based on their number plates.
The new system has made transportation fare expensive by Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500. “Truckers used to charge us around Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,000 for a trip from Chitwan to Kathmandu. Now, they are demanding about Rs 10,000 a trip,” Shankar Giri, chief of Narayani Transport Entrepreneurs´ Committee, told myrepublica.com.
However, the odd-even system is not applicable for trucks and tankers ferrying goods between Lothar of Chitwan of Bardaghat of Nawalparasi and Chitwan to Muglin. The committee has identified these routes as local routes.
However, trucks and tankers leaving for Kathmandu, Pokhara, Butwal and Bhairahawa should compulsorily take tokens from the committee´s counter. The committee has designated employees at each and every entry point to ensure that the new system is implemented.
“About 100 to 150 trucks and containers have been taking tokens every day,” said Nil Kumar Thapa, in-charge of the committee´s monitoring post at Amtari.
Though some traders are complaining that the odd-even system was introduced to jack up transportation fares, committee members maintained that the system was implemented to reduce road mishaps considering increasing pressure on narrow roads.
“This is not a syndicate system. We only introduced the system to reduce road mishaps. We are doing something that the government should have done,” Giri, who is the secretary of the monitoring committee, told myrepublica.com.
He, however, accepted that transportation fare has gone up after the odd-even system was introduced.
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