Unable to reduce tuk-tuk fares even petrol prices are lowered: Union

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The All-Island Three-Wheeler Drivers’ Union (AITWDU) today said that they are unable to reduce the taxi fares due to mythe recent price reduction of petrol.

AITWDU President Lalith Dharmasekera told the Daily Mirror that the price of one litre of octane 92 petrol was reduced by Rs. 40 and octane 95 by Rs. 30 from last night.

"Even though the prices of petrol have come down marginally, still the quota of petrol allowed to the tuk tuks have not changed. We get only five litres of petrol per week. "With five litres of petrol, we cannot make our income by running hires," he said.

Most of the three-wheeler drivers use illegal methods to obtain additional fuel, apart from their quota through QR code.

Therefore, the Union President requested that the subject Minister should intervene to increase the fuel quota for three-wheeler drivers.

The union also requested the Minister to allow five litres of petrol per day to continue with their service if they are to reduce the taxi fares. They also requested to regulate the three-wheeler service while declaring a fixed charge for all metered and non-metered taxis. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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Unity Between Buddhists And Hindus Sunday, 02 October 2022 08:50 PM

Can we use this opportunity to get rid of this three wheelers, a garbage from India and a perpetual symbol for third world transport from our streets. We can’t remain satisfied playing white man’s cricket and worshipping third rate Indian products. WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE BETTER THAN THAT.

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Concerned Citizen Sunday, 02 October 2022 08:53 PM

If you cannot make money from driving tuk tuks go and get a proper job ! There are plenty of jobs on export and manufacturing sectors. The govt should use the money spent on importing petrol used by tuks to develop the public transportation system instead of wasting that on these thugs and drug dealers !

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joshua Sunday, 02 October 2022 10:13 PM

we do not want your reduction. People hardly use this mode of transport as they do not use meters and no driving discipline

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GHT Sunday, 02 October 2022 10:51 PM

Govt should concentrate on important issues, rather than listening to those MEAN Three-Wheeler Union leader's request. So, reduce the petrol quota from 5 litres to 3 litres and let them raise their hire-charges.

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Priyantha77 Monday, 03 October 2022 04:59 AM

Let this 3 wheel industry die as they are killing machines drive by unsocial thugs

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D P P Prasad Monday, 03 October 2022 06:24 AM

The threewheeler drivers want only weekly fuel quota increased. Once again they need to hoard the fuel and sell the same at exorbitant prices. If we refrain from traveling by the threewheelers unanimously threewheeler drivers will face severe problems unprecedented. Thus we should make them starved. Subsequently they will learn a lesson

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Spartacus Monday, 03 October 2022 06:31 AM

Even if petrol is sold at 1 rupee, you will sing this same song.

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VJ Monday, 03 October 2022 07:55 AM

Should reduce the number of tuk-tusks on the road. They are too many, no one gets to earn enough to pay their monthly finance and also manage their their day to day expenses. Besides they are a real nuisance on the road, most of them never respect traffic rules or show any courtesy to others using the road.

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Terrence Monday, 03 October 2022 09:10 AM

To enforce a tariff change the new reduction should not be allowed to three wheeler drivers since if other transport categories can comply why can't they comply?

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Sunil Monday, 03 October 2022 09:47 AM

We appeal to the President Institute of Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka to initiate a mechanism to determine the standard average cost of a KM ride and for other products and services and inform the government to regulate these prices. Otherwise, Businessmen will keep increasing and never reduce prices which the poor customer has to suffer

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Mama rata yanva Monday, 03 October 2022 09:54 AM

There are so many three-wheeler in Sri Lanka because it is good method of transport. Provide extra fuel quota to the massive number of three-wheeler as it will provide relief to million drivers, and of course several more million family members too.

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Jef Monday, 03 October 2022 10:45 AM

One trade that have created all kind elegal underworld activities only few does the right thing magority threewheel drivers are middle-aged young roughies government should restrict have proper macanisam to be given licence for pulic transport system and gradually fade three wheels off. Our public transport used to be so good back in the 70s 80s taxi drivers bus drivers well manned civilised human today you don't find that sadly

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