Delhi
Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami stated that the commuters have been
experiencing shortage of auto-rickshaws in Delhi. The Transport
Department has been receiving representations from the public to grant more
permits of TSR in order to cater to the increasing number of commuters.
It has also been felt that the commuters continue to wait to avail TSR ride to
reach upto their destination.
The city government has, hence, decided to
approach Hon’ble Supreme Court to remove the limit on number of permits of TSR
in Delhi as there is no such restriction on registration of other type of
vehicles. Further, no such restriction exists in most cities of
India. The Department feels that with grant of permits for more TSR there
would be no pollution hazard as TSRs are propelled by CNG, a clean fuel.
Gowami
further stated that Hon’ble Supreme Court had allowed permission to grant
additional 45,000 permits out of which 3000 were kept unallocated. The
Department has since decided to grant permit in respect of unallocated share of
TSR in earlier determined proportion. The permits would be exclusively
released to TSR buyer who have already bought the TSR but could not get
registered due to delay in logistics.
The Department has also decided to take strict
action against the TSR dealers who have sold TSR to people without caring about
the non-availability of quota. As sufficient number of permits are
available in the reserved category and number of takers are very less the
Department decided to give sufficient publicity through leading newspapers to
invite them to avail the quota provided to them. Shri Goswami expressed
hope that these step would go a long way in overcoming shortage of TSRs in
Delhi.
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