• Delhi Autos To Be GPS-Enabled By March

    Delhi Autos To Be GPS-Enabled By March

    Jayesh Limaye, Jan 24, 2012 1125 hrs IST

    One less reason for drivers to refuse a ride.

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Come March, all three-wheeler scooter rickshaws on Delhi roads will go high-tech, with GPS navigation on board. The Delhi government has asked DIMTS (Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System), the agency in charge of the project, to enlist vendors who can supply GPS-enabled meters. The list is expected to be finalised in a month and a notification will  then be issued to this effect.

A DIMTS official stated that these new meters with GPS will have a printer to print a receipt with the route and fare details when the destination is reached. Regarding the vendors enlisting process, he said, "We will have to issue a notice giving details of the specifications vendors need to meet. Their applications would then be evaluated by us and the entire process is likely to take 40 days. Auto-rickshaw owners can then get the GPS fitted from these authorized vendors".

Government sources said that rickshaw drivers will be given up to six months to install these new meters. It expects the existing 55,000 and new 45,000 rickshaws to have these devices by March. Let's hope that this process gets implemented pan India.


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(4) Comments
Dev
,Delhi, on Jan 26, 2012 05:26 AM
All the autos in Delhi have the meter installed, but they simply refuse to go by meter. Even if they install GPS, they will refuse going by it or giving the printed receipt. Nobody will be able to force them and the aam aadmi will have to pay what he paying now plus the cost of the GPS devices. Auto owners will recover the cost of the GPS meters from the commuters after all. And yes, some (netas) might be planning for a new scam.
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John Khan
,Delhi, on Jan 24, 2012 08:47 PM
i'm sure this will happen real soon! (sarcasm)
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Vedhandha Desig
,Salem, Tamil Nadu, on Jan 24, 2012 03:57 PM
GPS in autos could bring 1) correct fare policy for commuters, 2) Safety for passengers and bring down crime rates, 3) Strict traffic monitoring, 4) In future prepaid auto using swipe card like delhi metro rail could also be implemented. But companies manufacturing GPS equipments would see a fortune by way of high pricing against the actual cost price for which tax payers money would be used, leading to a high level corruption by politicians and bureaucrats while the aam admi. For eg. when 14 inch tv had become almost extinct and no one was willing to buy it, at this point in Tamil Nadu DMKs Election Manifesto said to issue free tv to all people. It is learned that 14 inch colur tv is valued at 2500/- by people, sold unoffically to shops and commercial use for 1500/- smuggled and sold in Kerala and is a massive hit which brought DMK to power in last elections unfortunately government pays around 1500/- to the producers where as the actual cost price stands around rs.170/- (one hundred and seventy only) including the cartoon cardboard box. I do not support other opposite parties also who promised to give laptop this election. The sad fact is that it is tax payers money and i am paying my taxes promptly.
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richard
,bangalore, on Jan 24, 2012 04:37 PM
Hahaha..thanks for narrating the story of india :))
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