In an attempt to woo autorickshaw drivers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has formed a committee to revise auto fares.
The 11-member fare revision committee chaired by Special Commissioner (Transport) Anil Banka will submit its report to the government in 30 days, a senior Delhi government officer said. The auto fares were last revised by the Sheila Dikshit government in 2013.
There are around one lakh registered autorickshaws operating in Delhi. The auto drivers had extended support to the Aam Aadmi Party and campaigned for it in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections in Delhi in 2015.
At present, some auto unions accuse the Kejriwal-led Delhi government of not doing anything to save them from onslaught of cab aggregators and meet their other demands.