The state authorities had finalized waiting charges as Rs 25 per hour while the fare list includes: Lal Chowk to Jawahir Nagar Rs 63.00, Lal Chowk to Children’s hospital Rs 47.
Lal Chowk to Hajj House Rs 83.00, Lal Chowk to Children Hospital Rs 47.00, Lal Chowk to Polytechnic College Rs 66.00, Lal Chowk to Amar Singh College Rs 61.00, Jahangir Chowk to Regal Chowk Rs 24.00, Jahangir Chowk to Dalgate Rs 37.00, Jahangir Chowk to SP College Rs 25.00.
The state authorities are showing least concern over what the people are terming the ‘outlaw’ approach by the auto Rikhshaws plying on city routes. People say that the rules are being thrown to wind as rikhshaw wallas charge them much more than the actual rates. Reports informed that people particularly during the dark hours are being taken for a ride by the auto Rikhshaws as for mere three to four kilometers; hundreds of rupees are being charged. “They take advantage of the situation like anything. Seeing a person is in need, they charge you five times than the actual rate as no one is there to hold them account- able,” said one of the aggrieved passengers. Scores of others said that due to the absence of any particular rate sched- ule, issued by the state government, the auto Rikhshaws dictate extreme high charges to the passengers sans any remorse.
“The government so far has done taken any measure to curb such crises. I mean there are no rate meters and no fixed fares available. ” SSP traffic Haseem-ur-Rahman when contacted stated that there must be wide publicity of the rates in the auto Rikhshaws so that people are not deceived at any place or at any time. Stressing that rates must be revived on Monthly basis, SSP traffic said that as per the rate of the fuel, fares should have been finalized. “Earlier, the rates were finalized by the government but since the fuel prices changed, so did the fares of the Rikhshaws. I think there must be a wide scale publicity for the same,” SSP Traffic had stated.
The state authorities had finalized waiting charges as Rs 25 per hour while the fare list includes: Lal Chowk to Jawahir Nagar Rs 63.00, Lal Chowk to Children’s hospital Rs 47. Lal Chowk to Hajj House Rs 83.00, Lal Chowk to Children Hospi- tal Rs 47.00, Lal Chowk to Polytech- nic College Rs 66.00, Lal Chowk to Amar Singh College Rs 61.00, Jahangir Chowk to Regal Chowk Rs 24.00, Jahangir Chowk to Dalgate Rs 37.00, Jahangir Chowk to SP College Rs 25.00. Likewise Jahangir Chowk to Wo- mens College Rs 23.00, Jehangir Chowk to Batamaloo Rs 23.00, Ja- hangir Chowk to Karan Nagar Rs 23.00, Batamaloo to JVCRs 62.00, Batamaloo to SP College Rs 26.00, Batamaloo to LD Hospital Rs 28.00, Batamaloo to Ganta Ghar Rs 29.00, Batamaloo to Iqbal Park Rs 30.00,Batamaloo to New Secretariat Rs 23.00, Batamaloo to Old Secre- tariat Rs 25.00,Batamaloo to HSHS RRs 25.00, Dalgate to Lal Chowk Rs 32.00. Dalgate to Sonwar Bazar Rs 23.00, Dalgate to Hatric Rajbagh Rs 25.00, Dalgate to Khayam Chowk Rs 24.00, Dalgate to Nehru Park Rs 35.00, Dalgate to Gee Nee Bakery Poloview Rs 23.00, Dalgate to Children Hospital Rs 28.00,Dalgate to JLNM Hospital Rs 30.00, Dalgate to REC Hazratbal Rs 80.00, Dalgate to Amar Singh College Rs 48.00, Dal- gate to Kashmir University Rs 90.00, Nehru Park to Nishat Rs 86.00, Sou- ra to Haj House Rs 214.0,0, TRC to Jawhar Nagar Rs 46.00, and Qamar- wari to Soura Rs 79.00.
However, the rates changed drastically due to the sudden rise in the fuel prices earlier last year and the rates fixed by the state authorities for the Rikhshaws were no where applicable. So far the government has not taken any initiative in this regard.
