Kolkata: Car operators demand higher rates of helpless commuters in the city because most private buses remain on the road on Thursday.
Long commuter queues are seen in most automatic holders during morning peak hours because the government has relieved some restrictions such as clocks extended for commercial companies, reopening the mall and salon and the increasing number of employees in the office.
Government buses are packed with the absence of personal buses and this forces a lot of commuters to fight for auto to achieve their goals.
Take advantage of high demand, car operators demand exorbitant tariffs from commuters.
Some commuters accuse that with some plying private buses, the operator automatically chooses morning rush hour for maximum profit.
“I paid Rs 22 to come to Mg Road from Phoolbagan.
It doubled the actual fee on normal days.
Automatic drivers demanded random rates because too many people in the queue and lower auto quantities,” said Vineet Agarwal who came to his office on MG Road.
Similar scenes were seen in various parts of the city, where there was a long queue on the automatic stand since morning.
The commuters say that there are no certain rules followed by car operators – some carry two passengers while others carry four passengers.
In Garar, the two most popular routes participated in various policies.
While auto on the Garar-Tollygunge route through Rannikiki showered with four passengers, who attached to the Garar-Golpark route through Jadavpur taking two or three passengers.
The tariff is too fluctuating.
On the Ultangga airport route, the commuters pay between Rs 30-40, depending on the time they travel.
On the Garar-Tollygunge route, the commuters paid the old fee of Rs 16 for one trip.
That’s the competition among the passengers that the car operator on two separate routes clashed at the airport gate 1.
Autos Plying to Baguati accused that they were rejected to pick up passengers by them for Ultangga.
This caused a fight between the driver from the route, after which local workers’ leaders had to intervene.
In Behala Chowrasta, the commuters to Rashbehari were asked how many of them wanted to travel by car.
“We give them the choice to choose the number of passengers as long as the total rate for four passengers is shared,” said a leader.
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