The Delhi Government’s Transport Department has launched a special drive against erring drivers of three-seater auto rickshaws (TSR) in the Capital and impounded 202 TSRs under the relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said here on Monday that the department had deployed 44 enforcement teams in three shifts for checking TSRs.
Civil Defence volunteers have been deployed with the teams for escorting the impounded vehicles for parking at Burari.
Mr. Rai has instructed the enforcement teams to focus on checking preferably near hospitals, railway stations, metro stations and Inter-State Bus Terminus in their respective districts.
The department has also instructed auto rickshaw drivers to display a board of polyvinyl material on their vehicles stating their place of residence, while returning home.
Fitness certificates will be denied to the defaulting autos.
The Transport Minister said it had been made compulsory for all TSR drivers to wear uniform and PSV badge.
A total of 755 complaints against TSRs were received during June this year.
NGT order
Reacting to the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order to carry out an extensive checking drive against polluting vehicles, Mr. Rai said three agencies — the three municipal corporations of Delhi, the police and Delhi government’s Transport Department were to be involved in the drive and it was not clear how it will happen and which agency will oversee it.
The Transport Minister said the Department checks commercial vehicles coming to Delhi at the borders on a daily basis.
The Transport Department has impounded 202 three-seater auto rickshaws under the Motor Vehicles Act as part of a special drive
