The necessary show of the QR code on the entrance and rear facet of the taxis was ordered to deal with this subject of haggling between the taxi drivers and commuters on cost points.

Gangtok: In a significant step impacting the tourism and development of the Himalayan state, the federal government has directed all taxi drivers in Sikkim to compulsorily present QR codes as an extra cost choice to the passengers by July 15. The choice has been taken in view of a number of complaints from the general public over offering correct fares to drivers because of the non-availability change, a senior official was quoted saying on Wednesday.

“All drivers are to compulsorily present the QR code by July 15, 2024, (as an extra cost choice) and affix one on the entrance windscreen of the automobile dealing with the passenger and one other on the rear seat of the automobile,” the Transport Commissioner-cum-Secretary Raj Yadav stated in a round.

The necessary show of the QR code on the entrance and rear facet of the taxis was ordered to deal with this subject of haggling between the taxi drivers and commuters on cost points, Yadav stated, including {that a} assembly was held lately with the stakeholders/native taxi associations, the place it was determined to implement the QR code/ UPI on-line cost choice.

Therefore, it’s being notified for the data of all involved that every one native taxi drivers are to offer the QR code to simply accept the UPI cost by means of numerous apps, the transport official stated. All taxis are additionally compulsorily required to show a replica of the notified taxi fare for the data of the general public, he stated.

Man Held For Duping Over 600 Folks In Delhi

Delhi Police’s Financial Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a person for allegedly dishonest over 600 folks within the nationwide capital, officers stated on Tuesday. A case was registered in 2021 on the complaints of a number of victims of an funding fraud, a senior police officer stated.

The principle accused, Chander Parkash Saini, and others ran a number of finance corporations within the title of Vasundhara Group and Anakaya Nidhi and lured the low-income households to open every day funding financial savings account, fastened deposit account and different profitable funding schemes, he added. They issued passbooks and different paperwork just like banks in opposition to the investments/deposits made by folks to misrepresent earlier than them about their authenticity and genuineness, the officer stated.

The accused additionally ran elaborate web sites providing funding plans and showcasing their bogus corporations as having diversified pursuits in actual property, accommodations, and so forth., police stated. They closed their places of work and fled away after amassing funds of a number of crores, they stated.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), EOW, Anyesh Roy, stated throughout investigation, co-accused director (spouse of Chandra Prakash Saini) Sunita Saini was arrested in 2022. The DCP stated the police received enter concerning the hideout of Chandra Prakash, who was declared an absconder, in Chhatarpur Extension. A raid was carried out and he was arrested, he added.

(With inputs from companies)