Autorickshaws in Mangaluru to get QR codes soon
While there are 7,637 autorickshaws in zone 1 of Mangaluru city, zone 2 of Mangaluru rural has 6,949 vehicles. As per the zone rules introduced in 2006, zone 2 autorickshaws are not allowed to enter the city. The union members are working on developing QR codes for all rural autorickshaws to prevent misuse of zone rules.
Ganesh R Shaktinagar told TOI that the union noticed zone rule violations by autorickshaws, especially zone 2 vehicles operating in Mangaluru city.
"We noticed many autorickshaws, which were given the zone 2 stickers to operate in rural areas of Mangaluru, using the duplicate stickers of zone 1 to operate in the urban areas. Further, there are autorickshaws that have no documents operating in Mangaluru city limits.
These duplicate autorickshaws have been causing serious issues. Hence, to prevent the menace of duplicate autorickshaws, including the duplication of zone stickers, the union developed software with QR codes for vehicles," he said.
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Ganesh said that a memorandum in this regard was also submitted to deputy commissioner Darshan HV, who is also the Road Transport Authority (RTA) chairman. "We explained in detail the problems that arise due to the duplicate autorickshaw menace in the city to the DC. A memorandum was submitted to Mangaluru City Traffic police a few days ago, and the issue will also be discussed at the RTA meeting to be chaired by the DC on Aug 18," he said.
He pointed out that middlemen reportedly misused the zone 1 stickers issued by Mangaluru City Traffic police. "As per our proposal, once the QR codes pasted on autorickshaws are scanned, data from the police record about its zone and ownership, as well as other details, can be accessed," he said.
The district RTA stopped issuing permits for autorickshaws in Mangaluru city after 1997-98. Later, only for the purpose of govt schemes, permits were issued in 2014. Meanwhile, electric autorickshaws are allowed to operate without permits, but the next RTA meeting will discuss a recent govt order that made permits mandatory for electric autorickshaws too.
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