Dhaka, March 23 -- Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) on Sunday demanded an end to the anarchy of excessive fare collection and passenger harassment during Eid travel.

The organisation made the demand in a statement which reads that anarchy in releasing extra fares from the passengers of road, river and air routes has already started.

Although the government has pledged strict action against excessive fare collection various categories of buses and launches continue to charge passengers extra through different means, the statement said.

The association's Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury in the statement criticised the formation of vigilance teams by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and the Bangladesh Inland W...