Tahir Mushtaq
JAMMU, Mar 19: Members in Legislative Council today urged the government to enforce the directive of the administration to install e-meters in auto-rickshaws in the city. They expressed concern over the fact that rickshaw drivers are openly violating the norms by not fixing meters and charging as per their wishes.
Replying to the question of National Conference MLC S Dharam Singh, Minister of State for Transport Shabir Ahmed Khan detailed the house that the department has constituted inspection team for inspecting the auto-rickshaws meters whether these are working properly or not.
The minister added that in this regards during the year 2010-11 the department has make challan of 425 auto-rickshaws and generated an amount of 1 lacs through it whereas in the yeare 2011-12 the challan cases were 166 by changes rupees 87 thousand as penalty.
The minister added that the passenger fair of taxes is regulated as contract carried by the Transport Commissioner by notifying per Km’s rates.
He further informed that there is no proposal or introduction of metering in the taxi’s.
But still most of the drivers charge as per their whims and the passengers has no option but to pay.
In the house Chairman Legislative Council Amrit Malhotra has directed the Transport department to take necessary steps for effective implementation of metering system on Auto Rickshaws across the state so that the commuters could not face any inconvenience.
In many instances many commuters alleged that whenever one asks for turning meter on, drivers mostly have simple reply meter is not working and there is different system in Jammu.
However auto-rickshaw operators hold the Transport Department responsible for non-installation and non-functioning of electronic meters in their three-wheelers. "The meter costs more than Rs 3000 and its totally out of our reach.
As per the rates fixed by the government, for first one kilometer the fare is charged at Rs.14and Rs 11 for subsequent kilometers, which the auto unions demand should be revived keeping in view the increase in the fuel charges. On the other side the auto-rickshaws drivers rued that managing an electronic meter, which costs more than Rs 3000, would not be easy for an ordinary auto-rickshaw owner, given the fact the less earnings and hiked petrol prices. In that situation the burden in on the common man’s pocket.
JAMMU, Mar 19: Members in Legislative Council today urged the government to enforce the directive of the administration to install e-meters in auto-rickshaws in the city. They expressed concern over the fact that rickshaw drivers are openly violating the norms by not fixing meters and charging as per their wishes.
Replying to the question of National Conference MLC S Dharam Singh, Minister of State for Transport Shabir Ahmed Khan detailed the house that the department has constituted inspection team for inspecting the auto-rickshaws meters whether these are working properly or not.
The minister added that in this regards during the year 2010-11 the department has make challan of 425 auto-rickshaws and generated an amount of 1 lacs through it whereas in the yeare 2011-12 the challan cases were 166 by changes rupees 87 thousand as penalty.
The minister added that the passenger fair of taxes is regulated as contract carried by the Transport Commissioner by notifying per Km’s rates.
He further informed that there is no proposal or introduction of metering in the taxi’s.
But still most of the drivers charge as per their whims and the passengers has no option but to pay.
In the house Chairman Legislative Council Amrit Malhotra has directed the Transport department to take necessary steps for effective implementation of metering system on Auto Rickshaws across the state so that the commuters could not face any inconvenience.
In many instances many commuters alleged that whenever one asks for turning meter on, drivers mostly have simple reply meter is not working and there is different system in Jammu.
However auto-rickshaw operators hold the Transport Department responsible for non-installation and non-functioning of electronic meters in their three-wheelers. "The meter costs more than Rs 3000 and its totally out of our reach.
As per the rates fixed by the government, for first one kilometer the fare is charged at Rs.14and Rs 11 for subsequent kilometers, which the auto unions demand should be revived keeping in view the increase in the fuel charges. On the other side the auto-rickshaws drivers rued that managing an electronic meter, which costs more than Rs 3000, would not be easy for an ordinary auto-rickshaw owner, given the fact the less earnings and hiked petrol prices. In that situation the burden in on the common man’s pocket.
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