Three-wheeler minimum hire increased upto Rs. 50

Three-wheeler minimum hire increased upto Rs. 50

Since prices of three-wheeler spare parts have gone up, the the All Island Three-wheeler Association has announced that trishaw charges would be increased from 26th next month. This was mentioned by Mr. Sunil Jayawardena, chairman of the association at the media briefing

held at the headquarters at N.M. Perera Mawatha, Borella day before yesterday (20).

He said that this decision was arrived at after a request was made several times from the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Finance to bring down prices of spare parts. In this connection therefore he said that the hire charged for the second kilometer would be increased by Rs. 50.

He also said that it is a big obstacle to continue in their industry because of the injustice they have to face from leasing companies and that even though complaints to this effect were directed to the ministries concerned, no justified settlement was made. They said that they would look forward to complaining to the Human Rights Committee in connection with this injustice created by the said companies.

The chairman finally mentioned that there are about 50 lakhs dependent on 10 lakhs of three-wheel drivers and that if no quick solution is forthcoming where the government is concerned, these  number of votes will be utilised against the government at the next elections.