AGARTALA, October 5 (TIWN): Despite of Tripura High Court’s Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Subhasish Talapatra has directed to install point-to-point fares along auto-permits; most of the auto drivers all over the state continue to violate the high court’s order of point-to-point auto fare.

Rather, the unruly auto drivers are charging high fares from the passengers continued in spite of protest of common people, violating the law and order of the Tripura HC.

Reportedly, the Tripura HC point-to-point fare order has not been implemented yet, besides the auto drivers are charging more fare and commuting more passengers, violating the Laws and order at Udaipur.

The attempt of auto drivers continues in spite of protest of common people. Sources said that earlier the lowest fare of auto was Rs.5 before Tripura High Court has ordered to implement the point-to-point auto fare. So far the lowest fare became Rs.10 with the implementation of the High Court’s order.

Even the passengers have to pay full fare if they leave the auto in the middle of the journey. On the other hand the passengers are being harassed if they protest about excess auto fare, complained the locals.

Sources said that the list of auto fare is of no use for the passengers although affixing list on auto fare became mandatory according to order of Transport Department.

Interestingly, some of the auto drivers have just pasted the point-to-point rate chart for the namesake; none of them has effectively implemented the fare of the rate chart. Besides, keep on harassing the passengers in demanding hiked fare.

Therefore, the locals alleged that the administration has taken no initiatives to check the hike rate of the auto fare at present. The passengers demanded to take immediate action.

According to courts direction only three passengers are allowed to carry in a auto but the viloting the law they carry more than 5 persons at a time and when reaching at the barricades they ask the passengers to climb down and after crossing the barricades they again hop in the auto.