{"id":184671,"date":"2022-02-19T02:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T21:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=184671"},"modified":"2022-02-19T02:50:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T21:20:54","slug":"commuters-affected-by-skyrocketing-taxifares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/02\/19\/commuters-affected-by-skyrocketing-taxifares\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuters affected by skyrocketing taxi fares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 18 Feb:<\/strong> The skyrocketing fares charged by taxis such as Tempos and Trekkers have become a matter of concern for the commuters, particularly for the daily wage earners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Trekker service was introduced in the ICR, the drivers charged Rs 20 for a one-way trip from Itanagar to Naharlagun. The fare rose to Rs 30 later on, and, after several hikes, currently the Itanagar-Naharlagun Trekker fare is Rs 200.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When calculated, a commuter who travels from Chimpu to Nirjuli has to pay Rs 310, and another Rs 50 if one needs to go to Doimukh, and Rs 100 more till Banderdewa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When contacted, an official of the state public transport service, on condition of anonymity, informed that the city bus services have been a failure due to lack of stoppage points and &#8220;opposition from private parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There are two government city buses that ply between Itanagar and Naharlagun. However, they cannot carry passengers since the private transport association does not provide a stoppage point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no space for stoppage at hubs like Gohpur, Chandranagar, Ganga clock tower and Naharlagun market areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;If there is no stoppage point, where can we pick people?&#8221; the official said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This reporter tried to contact the leaders of the Trekker association but was unable to get in touch with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 18 Feb: The skyrocketing fares charged by taxis such as Tempos and Trekkers have become a matter of concern for the commuters, particularly for the daily wage earners. When Trekker service was introduced in the ICR, the drivers charged Rs 20 for a one-way trip from Itanagar to Naharlagun. The fare rose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-184671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}