Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has warned action will be taken against taxis that charge customers higher than the fares allocated by the government.
Due to the hike in the prices of fuel and diesel, 14 taxi centres have decided to raise its fares to cope with the increased expenditure on fuel. The taxi centres have announced new fares will be followed starting from March 10.
However, the transport ministry has issued an announcement banning any deviation from the fares allocated by the government. The ministry warned action will be taken against taxis that violate the fares.
As per the current fares, a taxi between Male’ and Hulhumale’ would cost USD4.86. A taxi between Male’ and Hulhule’, or Hulhule’ and Hulhumale’ would cost USD3.88, and all trips within Male’ or Hulhumale’ would cost USD1.62. An additional USD0.32 is charged on all trips conducted between 0000hrs and 0600hrs.