Kathmandu, April 22
The Department of Transport Management has warned that it will scrap the route permit issues to transport entrepreneurs if they resort to any strike demanding that they be allowed to practise their transport cartels.
The government warning follows a decision of transport entrepreneurs’ organisations to launch an indefinite strike in May if the government does not correct its decision to stop entrepreneurs’ committees’ registration and renewal as NGOs.
Meanwhile, the Department has called police and members of the civil society to collect and record details about the transporters who organise a strike in the emergency service sector.
The Department’s Director General Rup Narayan Bhattarai says the government has adopted zero tolerance policy against syndicates and cartels.
“We will scrap the route permit on the very first day as directed by the law. The home administration and consumer right activists will inform us about such events,” he said adding strike in emergency service is considered a crime, hence they will face other actions too.
