BTA demands taxi fare hike

Citing rising prices of everyday

commodities, Bengal Taxi Association has written to West Bengal government demanding immediate rise in taxi fares.

The base fare for a taxi ride should be raised from Rs 25 to Rs 28, BTA general secretary Bimal Guha said today.

"Though prices of diesel has gone down, but there has been a huge jump of prices in everyday commodities. It should be considered. There must be a revised fare for taxis in the city," Guha said at a press conference here.

Currently, one has to pay a base fare of Rs 25 for getting in cabs in the city, be it a yellow or the blue-white ones. After a two-kilometre ride, for every 200m, a passenger has to pay Rs 2.40, which the BTA demanded to be raise by 40 paise to Rs 2.80.
 

"We have written to the state government regarding this. Hopefully they will consider it," he added.