Are you aware that the Autorickshaw RTA approved rates for Mumbai are Rs. 11 for initial 1.6 km and subsequently Rs. 6.50 per km?
The below table indicates that auto users pay Rs. 7.50 to Rs. 8.00 and they pay higher rates for longer distances travelled!
| Meter Reading | Physical Distance travelled | Day Auto Fare as published by RTO | Day Auto Fare per km, as per published fare | Correct Day Auto Fare calculated as per Rs. 6.50 per km | % Over-charge by Auto Fare |
| 1.00 | 1.6 km | Rs. 11.00 | Rs.6.875 | Rs. 11.00 | 0% |
| 2.00 | 3.2 km | Rs. 24.00 | Rs.7.50 | Rs. 22.00 | 9% |
| 3.00 | 4.8 km | Rs. 37.00 | Rs. 7.70 | Rs. 32.00 | 15.61% |
| 4.00 | 6.4 km | Rs. 50.00 | Rs. 7.81 | Rs. 42.00 | 19.11% |
| 6.00 | 9.6 km | Rs. 76.00 | Rs. 7.91 | Rs. 63.00 | 20.77% |
| 8.00 | 12.8 km | Rs. 102.00 | Rs. 7.986 | Rs. 84.00 | 21.6% |
| 10.00 | 16 km | Rs. 128.00 | Rs. 8.00 | Rs. 105.00 | 22.10% |
You can get this corrected, provided an appeal / petition is forwarded to the concerned authorities, by each one of us.
TAKE ACTION RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW….
PRINT Petition to Transport Commissioner to correct the Auto Fare Card
Attached above is the petition pro-forma. You could download and print the same. Then, get it co-signed by your friends / relatives/ office colleagues/ student groups / society residents / community and many more people and also explain that we pay much more than Rs. 6.50 per km.
The page 4 of the pro-forma is a simple test which you can conduct to verify the above facts and discrepancy for yourself.
Instructions to take this issue towards solution:
- Print, Sign and Send letter via speedpost or local courier ( upto Rs. 15 ) and also additionally fax a copy for quicker action and attention.
- Alternatively, send this letter via handdelivery to the address.
- Please retain a clear photocopy of the signed letter alongwith the courier / delivery proof for your records
- If convenient and possible, do scan and send a copy of the letter and postage /delivery proof to feedback@adhikaar.com
- Please continue to co-operate with auto drivers and treat them with respect, and please pay the fares as per the currently published fare card. This is not due to any fault of the auto drivers, this error in the rates calculation is for the transport authorities to look into and correct.
- Be patient, the concerned Govt authority may take a few weeks to look into and resolve this. After few weeks, reminders can be sent or “Right to Information” can be filed for “Action taken report”.
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Tags: auto, mumbai, tariff
Hi
I came to your site by accident and went thru its contents. Yes, its heartening to know that you’ve painstakingly identified the fraud. Few Questions
Q1) Does it mean that auto driver is @ fault or is it fault of RTO?
Q2) By spending energy on this and being silent about
crores being siphoned @ top, are we not being Rupee wise
Crores foolish?
Q3) Lastly, are we not propagating the sytem by exploiting those who are weaker to us?
Hi KV
thanks for sending in the comment.
To answer your questions:
1. This seems like an RTO computation mistake.
2. A start is important and so a basic issue is pointed out and in due course when we ( Adhikaar.com) are capable, we may handle bigger issues too.
3. I did not understand your question 3, about ” exploiting those who are weaker to us”. The RTO has fixed a rate of Rs. 6.50 per km, so we have to get charged by that rate. If for RTO fault we get overcharged, we need to get that rectified, where is question of exploiting ?
Hope this clarifies, do let us know if further feedback.
Thanks very much for this info.
I suggest an on-line petition in addition to physical correspondence, since the RTO is already e-enabled.
Thats a superb job done and we shall check whether the same injustice is being done in Delhi.
Regards
Rajeev Yadav,
National President,
Adhikaar the rights path,
+919811242471
http://www.adhikaar.in
I suggest filing a couple of RTIs to the RTO office framing questions like.
1) Kindly provide the date of issue of circular instructing RTA authorised rates.
2) Kindly provide the certified copies of the circulation of the same Traffic Police , Auto Associations& Press Releases ?
3) Kindly provide the number of complaints received against the violation of the above circular wef from the date ( mention the date of issuance )
4 ) Kindly provide the certified copy of fine , penalty and action taken report against the numner of complaints received wrt point 3.
5 ) Kindly provide the certified copy of the list of errant , repeated defaulters violating the above notification.
6 ) Kindly provide the details of action taken/ not taken against the repeat defaulters. Please specify the reasons.
So on & forth..you could add many more such & send it across to many RTO as possible. This would definitely have a casacading effect dowm & raise the awareness……Thats my two cents on the issue.