“Today´s meeting couldn´t yield any concrete breakthrough as entrepreneurs remained adamant to their demands and asked two days time for preparation for further dialogue scheduled for on Thursday,” said Krishna Prasad Dawadi, director general of the Department of Transport Management (DoTM).[break]
Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs National Federation (NTENF), Nepal Truck-Tanker and Transport Entrepreneurs (NTTTE), Federation of Nepal Petroleum Tanker Operators (FNPTO), Truck Operators Federation (TOF), Nepal Democratic Transport Entrepreneurs National Forum (NDTENF) and Nepal Meter Taxi Operators Federation (NMTOF) jointly announced the nationwide agitation putting forth 41-point demand.
The government has constituted a team of interlocutors led by secretary of the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM) with representations from the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS), Home Ministry, Finance Ministry and agitating trade unions.
Transporters are demanding that the government scrap the provisions in the current budget that has envisaged a concessional loan and duty free imports of taxi if Badi youths are interested to run taxi business.
They are also protesting the provision in the budget that exempted tariff on public bus service and taxi in Kathmandu valley and urban areas on the basis of project viability.
During the meeting, official assured that major concerns raised by the entrepreneurs will be addressed while implementing the transport related guidelines.
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