The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority continued drive against collection of extra fare from passengers in CNG-run buses in Dhaka, filing 22 cases and realising Tk 19,700 in fines on Wednesday. The BRTA along with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in their special drive also seized 10 vehicles and filed 107 cases against motor vehicles and drivers for not having valid documents and flouting traffic rules. The BRTA court checked tickets of the CNG-run buses in their counters at Press Club, Shahbagh, Gulistan and Moghbazar and realised between Tk 500 and Tk 3,000 from each of the operators charging extra fare, BRTA executive magistrate Abdur Rashid said. The cases were filed as many CNG-run bus companies continued to charge extra fare defying government order, he added. The communications ministry on April 25 almost doubled the price of compressed natural gas to Tk 16.75 per cubic meter and revised the fare chart of the CNG-run auto-rickshaws and taxicabs only. Although the fare of CNG-run buses was not increased, some bus operators started charging an extra amount of Tk 2 to Tk 4 against each ticket from April 26. Meanwhile, in the special DMP and BRTA drive, conducted at Kuril Bishaw Road, Darus Salam Road, Titi Para (Kamalapur) and Chankharpool areas, the court seized 10 vehicles that include buses, minibuses, CNG-run auto-rickshaws, cabs and mini trucks, for not having any legal documents, BRTA officials said, A total of 230 vehicles were checked at those points. All the cases were filed, under the Motor vehicles' Ordinance, against vehicles for not having documents like updated route permits, registrations, fitness certificates and tax tokens, and against drivers for not having driving licenses and for flouting traffic rules. The DMP in association with BRTA launched the special drive from February 26 to March 6, to curb plying of unfit vehicles and fine fake license-holding divers, officials said. According to BRTA statistics, from 1999 to 2007, there were 4,49,482 registered motorised vehicles in the capital that included cars, jeeps, microbuses, taxis, buses, minibuses, trucks, auto-rickshaws, human haulers, covered vans, and motorcycles.