Hyderabad: Despite the RTA initiating special drives against autorickshaw drivers months ago, the latter continue to ply without displaying their basic details and often even without any meters.
Despite a hue and cry over safety concerns while travelling in cabs and auto-rickshaws, the drivers continue to flout the rules and are often seen plying without the display boards.
“I have often argued with autorickshaw drivers for charging as per their whims and for demanding extra money after reaching the destination. It happened to me on Sunday itself.
When I wanted to complain about the auto-driver, I realised that there was no information about the driver on display, not even the police help-line number,” said Ruchika Rao, a student of JNTU.
While the RTA and traffic police have undertaken several special drives against buses, lorries and motorists, auto-rickshaws have been let off time and again.
The RTA currently has no drives against these irregularities and officials estimate that roughly 30 per cent of the autorickshaws ply without meters.
“Also in many cases, the autorickshaw drivers the-mselves scratch off their details on the display boards – if they are there – so that they cannot be traced easily. These are checked when they come for yearly renewals of clea-rances,” said an official.
