Maldives Police Service (MPS) has stated 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, MPS has stated action will be taken against taxis that violate the fares allocated by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation for taxi service in the Greater Male’ Region. MPS has also instructed the public to inform the transport ministry through its SMS hotline if any taxi breaches the regulations.
As per the allocated 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.