Transport entrepreneurs have taken back all their protest programs against the government's decision to end cartels and agreed to register companies following a five-point agreement with the government.
The entrepreneurs made the details of the agreement public organizing a press conference Monday afternoon.
They welcome the steps taken by the government to manage the transportation sector and end all forms of syndicate, according to the first point of the agreement. Similarly, even a person or groups of persons who own just a single public vehicle can operate the vehicle.
They have agreed to expedite the process of forming a probe commission as per the mandamus of the Supreme Court on the writ petition (071-wo-0444).
They have also agreed to take back all the protest programs already announced.
They have agreed to form a task force including the stakeholders to advise the ministry to make the transportation sector well-managed and effective.
The entrepreneurs signed the agreement in presence of Transport Minister Raghubir Mahaseth after a meeting at the Transport Ministry that continued till Sunday midnight.
The transport entrepreneurs had called a nation-wide strike on Friday against the government decision to end transport cartels. The government arrested 93 entrepreneurs on Friday and Saturday
under the Essential Services Operation Act 1957 and threatened to revoke route permits of those not operating their vehicles.
The entrepreneurs have become flexible after seeing that the government will come hard on them and taken back the protest programs including indefinite transportation strike called from May 13.
The arrested transport entrepreneurs were released on Sunday after making written promise to renounce cartels. Entrepreneurs including Chairman of the Federation of Nepal National Transport Entrepreneurs Yogendra Karmacharya were released after signing on documents promising to renounce cartels, register companies, operate vehicles and help the government.
