<p>Drivers allege though the geographic spread of the capital has been expanding exponentially, the data of different locations in the city being used by pre-paid booths are not being updated accordingly.<br /><br />“The fare at pre-paid booths is fixed as per the record of a distance of any place maintained in their data bank. They are using old data, which does not have the records of new colonies in far-off places,” said Rajendra Soni, president of Bhartiya Private Transport Mazdoor Mahasangh.<br /><br />They incur losses due to lack of updated records; therefore, many drivers are not willing to render their services, he said.<br /><br />However, the traffic department contends that though it was difficult to have a record of every inch of the capital, they update the records every three months.<br /><br />“The latest survey is used to update the records. We use the conventional method of grouping the places as per their average distance from stations. However, I would still update myself as to when was the last survey done,” said Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic).<br /><br />Moreover, taxi drivers want pre-paid booths to provide a valid permit to get into the satellite towns like Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad.<br /><br />“You can take a pre-paid taxi from the IGI airport for any location in NCR. We have been demanding a similar service at railway stations, but to no avail,” said Rakesh Kumar, a taxi driver. <br /><br />“I will look into the issue. But other issues like valid permit to drive into the NCR are also involved for providing such services,” said Garg.<br /><br />Contrary to the contentions of auto drivers, Garg added, he had come across several people complaining that they found the pre-paid service costlier. “The traffic department has devised a mechanism that takes care of the interest of both the commuters and the auto drivers.”<br /><br /></p>
<p>Drivers allege though the geographic spread of the capital has been expanding exponentially, the data of different locations in the city being used by pre-paid booths are not being updated accordingly.<br /><br />“The fare at pre-paid booths is fixed as per the record of a distance of any place maintained in their data bank. They are using old data, which does not have the records of new colonies in far-off places,” said Rajendra Soni, president of Bhartiya Private Transport Mazdoor Mahasangh.<br /><br />They incur losses due to lack of updated records; therefore, many drivers are not willing to render their services, he said.<br /><br />However, the traffic department contends that though it was difficult to have a record of every inch of the capital, they update the records every three months.<br /><br />“The latest survey is used to update the records. We use the conventional method of grouping the places as per their average distance from stations. However, I would still update myself as to when was the last survey done,” said Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic).<br /><br />Moreover, taxi drivers want pre-paid booths to provide a valid permit to get into the satellite towns like Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad.<br /><br />“You can take a pre-paid taxi from the IGI airport for any location in NCR. We have been demanding a similar service at railway stations, but to no avail,” said Rakesh Kumar, a taxi driver. <br /><br />“I will look into the issue. But other issues like valid permit to drive into the NCR are also involved for providing such services,” said Garg.<br /><br />Contrary to the contentions of auto drivers, Garg added, he had come across several people complaining that they found the pre-paid service costlier. “The traffic department has devised a mechanism that takes care of the interest of both the commuters and the auto drivers.”<br /><br /></p>
