MUMBAI: Six hundred and ninety-eight taxisand 1,004 autorickshaw drivers recalibrated their meters at various regional transport officesin Mumbai on Saturday.
According to an RTO official, a total of 1,004 autorickshaws had carried out recalibration, of which 524 had been done at Andheri and 480 at the Wadala regional transport office. As many as 698 cabbies also carried out this process, of which 448 were at Tardeo, while 95 and 155 drivers got their taxi meters recalibrated at the Andheri and Wadala RTO respectively.
So far, 8,767 taxis and 17,168 autos have completed recalibration of meters. There are 1 lakh autos and 44,000 taxis in Mumbai. The transport department has aimed to carry out recalibration of meters in all these vehicles before November 26.
The transport commissioner has appealed to the citizens not to pay the new fares from November 26 if the meter of their auto/taxi is not recalibrated.
