Tuk-tuk 'associations' are pressuring drivers who undercut fares — fair or extortion?

In several tourist towns, three-wheeler associations have been pressuring drivers who work through PickMe and Uber to drop app rates (roughly Rs 80-100 a kilometre) and instead charge the informal 'standard' fare some associations enforce, which can run Rs 200 or more for the same short ride. The information minister has said police need to act against the harassment, but drivers say enforcement is patchy and some officers look the other way when it happens. One side says this is plain extortion dressed up as solidarity — no group of drivers gets to dictate what another driver charges a willing passenger, and threats cross a line no 'tradition' excuses. The other side says app pricing doesn't cover fuel, waiting time or slow days, and without some floor, three-wheeler income gets raced to the bottom by algorithms that have no stake in the driver's life. If you drive a three-wheeler or use one regularly: have you been pressured over your fare, in either direction? What per-kilometre rate do you think is actually fair to both sides? ඔයාගේ පළාතේ ත්‍රිරෝද ගාස්තුව කීයද, ඇත්තටම සාධාරණද?