DHADING, July 20 -- Transport entrepreneurs in Dhading have stopped providing public transport services after they were fined by the administration for increasing the fare by 28 percent.

Although the central government had increased the fares of long distance public transport from one province to another, the decision was not meant for vehicles operating within the same province.

Earlier, the one way fare from Dhading to Kathmandu cost Rs 187 per person. The fare was increased to Rs 237 per person for local buses and Rs 290 for nonstop and deluxe buses. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police of the district, Jageshwar Bhandari, the police department has fined the buses and microbuses which had raised their fares after receiving co...