More than 10-year-old auto rickshaws to go off road in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: More than 10-year-old auto rickshaws in Gurugram will now go off road and if any such auto rickshaw is found plying on the roads, it will be impounded. These orders were given by Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, while presiding over the District Grievance Committee Meeting on Saturday in Gurugram.
Khattar said that the Secretary Regional Transport Authority and Gurugram Traffic Police would jointly prepare a policy for Auto Rickshaws plying illegally without registration and carrying passengers more than the specified limit.
This policy would be prepared under the guidance of Commissioner of Police Mohd Akil. The matter of illegal plying of Auto Rickshaws in Gurugram was raised before the CM in the meeting. Replying to this issue, Secretary RTA-cum-ADC Mohd. Imran Raza told that the Transport department has issued notification for metering the autos on 30 May, 2019 and a tender would soon be invited for installation of Fare Meters on the auto rickshaws in the state. Raza also briefed that the RTA office challaned 145 auto rickshaws and impounded more than 10 year old Autos.
In addition to this, 5166 autos were challaned for not having Pollution under control Certificate and more than 2.46 lakh challans were issued for carrying passengers above their capacity.