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Kathmandu Tuesday May 01, 2001 Baishakh 18, 2058.
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Ban on safa
tempo demanded
Post Report
BIRGUNJ, April 30 - Proprietors of two-stroke
Vikram tempos (auto-rickshaws) Sunday organised a ‘gherao’ and closed their
passenger service throughout the day on Sunday demanding that ‘safa’ and gas
tempos be banned in Birgunj.
About 300 Vikram tempos running in Birgunj
gheraoed the Zonal Transport office and the traffic police office during the whole day and
demanded that the safa and gas tempos be banned immediately in Birgunj. If their demands
were not met, they would launch vigorous protest programme, they said.
Chairman of Consumers’ Forum, Parsa,
Sunil Chand Varma, however, pointed out that their demand was entirely illegal.
"Consumers will certainly weigh the benefit and loss of any service before they use
them.
Are we to suffer from the smoke belched out
of Vikram tempos or use the safa tempo which ensures pollution-free atmosphere?" he
asked. He said that Vikram should not be allowed at any cost to operate its services in a
thickly populated areas like Birgunj.
The government has already issued a notice
asking all the two stroke tempos operating from diesel to get out of all the
sub-metropolitan cities and municipalities of the country from the beginning of the coming
fiscal year.
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