Bangalore: After a gap of eight years, Karnataka Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has approved an upward revision in rates Autorickshaw in Bengaluru with effect from 1 December.
RTA has not issued an order in this regard.
At the meeting on Saturday, the RTA decided to increase the minimum fare of Rs 25 (for the first 1.9km) to Rs 30 (for 2km).
For every additional kilometer, the fare will go up from Rs 13 to Rs 15 to Rs 15.
There is a 50% premium on the vehicle the night (from 10 pm to 5 am).
There is no cost to wait for five minutes first.
It will be Rs 5 for every 15 minutes.
There is no charge luggage up to 20kg, and Rs 5 per kg beyond the threshold.
Commuters can carry a maximum of 50kg on automatic trip.
States welcome the revision of tariffs driver automatically TOI had brought the report, ‘Minimum Auto Charge can go up to Rs 30’, April 3.
transportation officials say they will give time autorickshaw driver until 2022 in February to recalibrate the meter.
In addition, they must display the fare chart.
Officials said they revised the rates after accounting for inflation, the increase in LPG price and maintenance costs.
Auto LPG refill price rose from Rs 58.18 per liter in October to Rs 66 November.
In May 2020, Rs 32.51 per liter.
C Sampath, Secretary General, Union Adarsha Auto Drivers, welcomed the revision of tariffs and say they do not know how the passengers, hit hard by the financial losses induced covid, will react to the new tariffs.
Many passengers said the transport department and traffic police should enforce the revised rates.
“Many drivers have accumulated a minimum fare of Rs 30 for a few years,” said Sathish Kumar, a commuter from Koramangala.