Government yet unmoved on minibus strike but says issue under control

Georgetown- Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prasad blame minibus operators for disrupting service along the East Coast, However, TrakkerNews was told by some of the operators that this strike concerns everyone plying the route 44, claiming that the comments by the Minister is quite unfortunate."He does not realize that this is hard times and with all the prices going up he ain't think is time to raise the fare". “The situation is totally under control right now, nobody is stranded, transportation is flowing smoothly and we are willing to meet with any group and to discuss with them what the government is doing,” Prashad assured.
He noted that most of the operators who have staged the action are not represented by any association and as such no formal complaint was raised.Prashad noted that there is no written agreement about a structured fare, but an understanding exists that the fares would not increase unless the price of gasoline goes beyond $1,000 per gallon. This is not going down well with the operators who are already feeling the impact since the price was at 800 per gallon.