Passengers have been urged to report fare violations, with traffic police promising stringent action against autorickshaw drivers using faulty meters. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
Defying warnings issued by the police and the Motor Vehicles Department, a section of autorickshaw drivers has started operating pick-up and drop-off services without using fare meters in Kozhikode city. Faulty meters are also in use, in the absence of surprise inspections to detect violations.
Some complainants who recently approached the traffic police seeking action against unfair fares claim that some autorickshaw drivers deliberately disconnect their fare meters while operating late-evening services. The illegal practice has been noticed among a few drivers operating around the Kozhikode railway station and bus stand, they allege.
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