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Nanos may push autos out of B’lore
Bangalore, July 17, DHNS:
If the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has its way, sleek Tata Nano cars will soon replace spluttering autorikshaws on Bangalore roads.
To slowly phase out autorikshaws and to provide a safe local transport mechanism to the people, the government is contemplating buying 10,000 Nano cars to use them as city taxies.
“The government plans to allow people to ply these vehicles on lease. The BMTC will fix the meter and fares. It is only a loud thinking. Nothing has been decided as yet. The transport department will take everybody into confidence before taking any decision,” Transport Minister R Ashok told reporters on Saturday. Once the BMTC successfully implements this initiative, the idea of using taxi as a local mode of transport will catch up, the minister feels. Autorikshaw drivers will be encouraged to run the car on lease and this will bring down the pollution level and traffic congestion, Ashok said.
As taxis are yet to catch up as a local mode of transport in Bangalore, autorikshaws are playing a dominant role in city traffic. There are about 50,000 autorikshaws in Bangalore. “A Nano car costs Rs 1 lakh. The BMTC will easily get loans from financial institutions to buy 10,000 cars. It may cost around Rs 100 crore. The corporation is financially sound to buy cars on its own also,” he The government wants to provide safe local transport.stated.
Ashok, however, said if the government gives its approval, the Nano car service will be implemented in such a way that it does not affect those dependent on autorikshaws for their livelihood.
“Metro rail, once implemented, will considerably decongest Bangalore roads. Still, people need a local, efficient and safe local transport facility to at least reach Metro rail stations,” he said.
way to go ashok....nice idea again to loot public money. i do not understand how come you guys get such extraordinary ideas to make money...do not fool public by making such iilogical statements. eveyone is not a fool. instead of adding more vehicles on road think of reducing them in rationale way. WE DO NOT WANT MORE VEHICLES ON OUR ROADS. i guess you think you are the only smart ones here to loot and destory my mother INDIA.
can the govt instead make a phased change by bringing in an electric version of the NaNo or some other car and help the autorikshaw drivers in replacing their autos with these eco friendly vehicles? Please dont bring more cars on the road and pollute. I agree autos are a menace but they are feeding families too.
Electric version may be a good idea, but those vehicles are substantially more expensive in terms of initial acquisition and maintenance. Considering the relative shortage of power across urban India, it might to hard to make the electric car a public transport system, at least at this time.
It is a very good idea. Even government should encourage two wheelers to to go for four wheelers. There by Bangalore roads will have unform traffic flow in the form of just four wheelers instead of mixed traffic flow as we have now. With strict lane system,it will improve the traffic flow and traffic congestion at the intersection.
For a distance of about 5kms I am now paying about Rs.40. If the flop nANO comes in I may have to pay about RS.75/-. Does it benefit the consumer. No way.
Just drop this super non-sense idea Mr.Ashok. As it is people are reeling under inflation and dont contribute your mite to it.
hi everybody,it will be a wellcome sign for us ,but question arise is how govt replace 50000 autorikshaw with 10000 nanos,is it fare justice or helping the tatas motors for landing their flope car
It is a welcome sign that autorikshaws will be replaced by Nano cars. But my question is will the already packed up roads can accomodate the size of Nano cars. What happens to the poor autorikshaw drivers?.What about the added cost of fuel which is already very expensive?.If seeing cars instead of auto rikshaws on the road as a sign of prosperity,then how the poor can cope up with the additional cost of transportation?
This is really good news for bangaloreans.Since the harsh behaviour of Auto drivers and hefty charges demand by these people can be avioded. But this should be done in a slow pace. But this is giving more opportunities for local midclass people an option other than Bus transport. This is really good initiation from Govt of Karnataka.
Priority in giving permit should be given to the existing Auto permit holders,asking them to surrender the Auto permit and obtain Nano permits. Thus, they will not be displaced and hue and cry and objection from their side can be avoided.These autos whose permits are surrendered should be allowed by others only in total outskirts of the city or rural bangalore, not allowing them to come inside a parameter of the city like in Mumbai.The Idea of Nano taxis is most welcome since they will be safer, pollution and noise free, and comfortable in rainy seasons too.The faster the govt impliments this, the better.
Good idea. If government can allow private auto people to get the nanos with LPGs and make it mandatory for them to sell the autos back to government then government can auction off autos to other governments or other cities that are not congested or lease it to the rural people for them to run it. This will phase out autos and get rid pollution from Bangalore. Auto drivers who are independent can be provided a nono in exchange for an auto+payment and this will not affect their lively hood but phase out autos. So government does not need to spend all the money but only part of the money and work as PPP to get rid of autos and keep a fleet of Namma Autos. Good idea if implemented properly.
Good News. Badnews for good Auto drivers. Majorily this is good suggestion control Noise,Air Poolution, Bad Atttiude with drivers.This process has to be done on slower pace as they driver dont go on strike
How come the minister mr. Ashoka has declared that the Corporation is financially sound ? Sometime ago it was in the papers that the BMTC is incurring crores of rupees loss ! Secondly, he has to check the vehicle statistics in Bangalore again. Only about a week or so ago there was a report that there are 24 lakh 2 wheelers, 89000 plus autos etc in Bangalore !!!! How come the auto population is suddenly reduced now ? Is it to accommodate these NANOs ? Moreover the Nano costs about 1.5 lakhs on road and not 1.0 lakhs as mentioned in the report. God forbid the chaos the present (future Nano) drivers could create in the traffic. Thevpresent drivers think that if the nose wheel of their auto goes through a gap then the rest of the vehicle also will pass through !!!
There is no dearth for ideas in India, problem arises when it is ill-implemented and ill-monitored. Nano idea is good provided there is a guarantee that the drivers stick to the metered charges unlike the present looting lot of auto persons some of whom behave like goondas.
A couple of years when NANO was announced, I had posted an article, that a good solution to Banglore´s Auto-Menance would be "Namma-Auto"! It is a superb solution, provided that each and every auto driver or owner is given an adequate compensation so that this person can purchase a Nano-Taxi-Car. Ofcourse this car has to be refitted with a meter etc. However, there should be a strict control on the traffic discipline of these Nano-Namma-Taxis.
Its a terrible idea to add more nano or what ever in large numbers and still keep the existing autos plying. That will be a traffic nightmare.Best opion would be to run a program where an existing autorikshaw owner can exchange the auto for a nano on terms, that way you are really doing jana&desha seva, if not the politicians and the chain will be getting the big cut at the cost of more vehicles, bad traffic and taking away the livelihood of auto drivers because it becomes very difficult to be competitive. If the govt buys back and reuses it or recycles it responsibly it a great gift from netas to the people and also mother nature will say thank you.
Man try to understand the plan before giving a negative statement. This is not a bad idea, this gov atleast searching for new ideas not like earlier idle govs and backward govs
One does not have to introduce another vehicle to take away autos. I think the problem in India is we have all types of vehicles plying on the road. My feeling is you must ban all two wheelers, autos, cars from the main office areas. The BMTC must take on the responsibility of providing clean transport via trains, buses running on solar batteries. Many cities are toying with the idea of using Gondolas via over head wires. During the week ends starting Friday pm onwards all vehicular transport must be stopped in major business areas. People must be forced to walk. Its healthy for all of us. The last thing I would say we Indians completely lack the basic sense of road travel. We do not follow lanes and never follow any road signs ( ie when they are there)
great idea, before Yeddy cries again and the mannina maga deve gowda does another rasta roko because he did not get his share of nano please implement this. the photo of nano is white, but deve gowda likes different color so he will block the NICE corridor because of the color issue, the farmers were not benefitted. then yeddi will cry on TV. Also joining the band wagon will be reddy brothers becaue nano did not use his iron ore which was illegally mined from bellary. so yeddy will cry again. As a result the Namma metro will be divided into yeddy metro and HDD metro. This is the actual case of karnatak as long as these buffons are alive and active. Please Yeddi take the blessings of all of them and then proceed. Desa yellana hogale, Karnataka haalu aggalali, namma reddy gala and gowdara vamsha uddaravagali mathe yeddy alali..janagalige hodi goli. Kadalekayi thindu cinema nodi
To slowly phase out autorikshaws and to provide a safe local transport mechanism to the people, the government is contemplating buying 10,000 Nano cars to use them as city taxies.
