The passenger ferry fare re-fixed with a hike of Tk 0.12 for 1 to 100 kilometres will come into force from Tuesday.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Association issued a circular on Monday to this effect.
BIWTA (Passenger Transportation Association) chairman Mahbub Uddin Ahmed told the news agency that water transport owners and the administration had been informed not to charge more than the new fare.
The new rates were hiked from Tk 1.18 to Tk 1.30 for 1 to 100 km and from Tk 0.88 to Tk 1 for beyond. The minimum fare has also been raised from Tk 10 to Tk 12.
The government raised the fare on June 14 following a meeting among the shipping ministry, inland water transport regulator and the launch owners.
The circular from the BIWTA traffic management department said several monitoring teams would be deputed to enforce the new fare.
It said tough action would be taken against those charging more than the new fare.
The government on May 5 revised upwards the fares of bus, minibus and CNG auto-rickshaws in the wake of the enhanced price of compressed natural gas and fuel.
The shipping ministry decided to increase launch and water transport fares following an appeal from the owners' association.
Source : New Age
