1,000 CNG auto-rickshaws sued in Chittagong

Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive on Monday filed nearly 1000 cases against the owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws for plying without metres.
CMP Traffic Department filed the cases against the owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws for defying government order to install metres in their vehicles within the deadline that expired on Sunday.
Minister for road transport and bridges Obaidul Quader in a meeting in Chittagong yesterday categorically said that CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chittagong were supposed to ply on metres from November last year but the time was extended till January 31 upon request from the owners.
‘No more time shall be given as I have taken it as a challenge and commitment’, he asserted saying that he had been successful in Dhaka and wanted the same in Chittagong.
With nod of the minister, the CMP went on hard-line against metre-less CNG-auto rickshaws from Monday. CMP sources said CMP Traffic Department’s North Zone filed 550 cases while the South Zone filed 383 cases from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Monday.
CMP additional commissioner (administration, finance & traffic) AKM Shahidur Rahman said the owners of the vehicles were asked to contact the respective traffic offices and pay fines in order to dispose of the cases.
‘Cases would be filed again against them if they violate the order and the vehicles would be seized subsequently’, he added.

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