Begin Rai, who is working at the ticket counter of the said transportation, said that although the vehicle fare from Kathmandu to Buipa was 1800, he had to charge 2500 because it was sent to the reserve.
Passengers have complained that vehicles charge more fares during the festive period. He complained that the passengers who come home during Dasain were charged more than the prescribed fare.
Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-13 Bhishan Rai of Buipa has said that he had to pay 2500 rupees fare for his sister Bhavina Rai to come from Kathmandu to Buipa in Tuwachung Marutika Transport Pvt. Sumo.
Other passengers including him have complained that they had to pay more fare. Begin Rai, who is working at the ticket counter of the transport, said that although the fare for the vehicle from Kathmandu to Buipa was 1800, he had to charge 2500 because it was sent to the reserve.
'The car fare is only 1800, but those who go to the reserve have to pay 2500' Rai said, 'You only get passengers when you go to Khotang, you don't get passengers when you come to Kathmandu, you have to come empty, that's why the fare is higher in the reserve.' Arun Rai of Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-5 Lafang, who came to Diktel from Kathmandu, also complained that he had to pay only 2500. Similarly, a woman from Lafang also said that she had to pay 2500 rupees when she came home from Kathmandu in sumo number 4244.
She said that three members of the same family came to Khotang by paying the rent at the rate of 2500 rupees. Khushi Shankar of Diktel Roopakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-1 also said that Diktel came after paying 2500. "The car didn't even give a ticket, they took the money just like that," she said.
Similarly, a woman from Diktel Roopakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-2 Solma paid 5000 for two people and came to Khotang. She paid 5,000 for two people to Tuwachung Maratika Transport Pvt Ltd. She said that she had to pay because she couldn't get a ticket without paying more money.
District Police Office Khotang has established a passenger assistance room and said that action will be taken if the fare is found to be higher than the fixed rate during the festival. Prakash Budhathoki, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, has stated that passenger assistance rooms should be established at Jairam, Halesi and Diktel Kiratchowks to facilitate the journey of passengers at fixed fare rates with mandatory tickets. "If more fares and tickets are not paid, action will be taken," Badhathoki said.
