Doctored meters
Md. Tajul Islam Chowdury, On e-mail
The introduction of CNG vehicles was welcome by the city dwellers despite having different questions in mind. Two stroke baby taxies that were replaced by CNG vehicles were not environment-friendly and were costly since they consumed petrol as fuel. On the other hand, the new vehicles use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) , which is not imported. So they are a foreign currency saver and at the same time environment-friendly. With these new vehicles a new meter was also introduced to ensure fairness in fare. The authorities have fixed the fares for three wheelers and other vehicles.The meter that is used to calculate distance and fare is an electronic device. Doctoring it is a very easy task and deceiving a person is also easy as most of the people do not know much about it. Our traffic police department is responsible for checking licence and other documents of the vehicles. I do not know whether they are aware of the importance of checking meters of the CNG vehicles. They should look into the matter immediately in the interest of passengers exposed to 'meter tinkering'.
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