The Bengaluru Site visitors Police performed a contemporary drive towards extra auto fares on Wednesday within the metropolis and penalised just a few drivers for flouting guidelines. The Karnataka authorities had earlier issued an order asking auto drivers within the metropolis to cost passengers a set quantity that was arrange by the transport division. The fares in app-based companies too had been decreased after the federal government issued the order.
Taking to social media, the Krishnarajapuram site visitors police wrote. “Immediately additionally we’ve got performed a drive towards auto drivers for his or her violations (not sporting uniform, demanding extra fare and refusal to rent and many others. (Sic)”
On Monday, the same drive was performed with the Bengaluru Site visitors Police posing as passengers in plain garments.
Based on a report in The Instances of India, greater than a thousand instances had been registered towards auto drivers for demanding greater than fastened fare, refusing to ply and different points.
The final ‘particular drive’ towards extra fares charged by auto rickshaws was performed in July 2019.
The KR Puram site visitors police on Monday tweeted, “Immediately performed a particular drive towards auto’s for demanding extra fare and for refusing to go for rent. We had been in plain garments. (Sic)”
The video shared by the division confirmed an auto driver citing site visitors and demanding ₹150 with no meter for a experience from KR Puram to the Phoenix Market Metropolis. The police personnel had been seen negotiating with him as passengers and later imposed a advantageous on the motive force.