Pune railway station prepaid auto booth to resume on Nov 21

According to the booth absorption staff, the permit, which began connected July 27, was valid for 100 days and expired connected October 22. However, neither the Railways, the Regional Transport Office (RTO), nor the Traffic Department took immoderate enactment to renew it. “The postulation medication has present instructed america to resume operations aft we raised complaints astir the surge successful rider grievances regarding unregistered drivers,” a unit subordinate said.

The booth’s inauguration was portion of a associated inaugural by the Railways, RTO, Traffic Police, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), and autorickshaw unions nether a 100-day statement aimed astatine preventing overcharging by unauthorised autorickshaw drivers.

Manoj Patil, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Pune, has directed the booth’s operations to proceed and assured that a caller statement day volition beryllium finalised soon. However, booth controllers person requested a longer-term support alternatively of the existent 100-day statement to guarantee stability.

Passengers are being urged to usage the prepaid booth for booking rides alternatively of relying connected random autorickshaw drivers. The booth operates with fares pre-determined by the Traffic and RTO departments, which are typically 2 to 3 times little than those charged by unregistered drivers. During the 100-day operational period, the booth facilitated astir 13,867 trips, generating Rs 22.37 lakh successful fares and benefiting 1,226 registered autorickshaw drivers.