Kathmandu Valley Taxi

Cab drivers in the Kathmandu Valley will be required to provide taxi receipts to their passengers under a pilot project the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) plans to launch in a bid to prevent travellers from being ripped off.The bureau said that taxi cab drivers have been found

 overcharging passengers by tampering with the taxi meter. However, travellers cannot file a complaint for lack of evidence.NBSM Director General Bishwo Babu Pudasaini said that a technical team had been formed to determine the method of the billing system. “The team has started consultations with stakeholders on the modality of the billing device to be used in taxi cabs,” Pudasaini said.According to him, a pilot project will be launched within a month. “We have started doing homework on the number of billing devices to be used in the first phase along with the type of equipment to be used in the taxis.”Once the billing system is installed, passengers will be given a receipt at the

end of the journey which will state the distance covered by the vehicle, the registration number of the taxi and the fare.The receipt can be used as evidence to file complaints against taxi drivers who misbehave with their passengers or overcharge them or trace a cab in which passengers have forgotten their belongings.Pudasaini said the use of taxi receipts would help discourage cab operators from fleecing their passengers.

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