RailEnquiry

Autorickshaws will not be allowed to park their vehicles on the premises of New Delhi railway station. Instead, a dedicated pre-paid service lane will be opened for them to pick up passengers.These are part of the Delhi Traffic Police’s plan to decongest the railway station and prevent people from getting fleeced by unscrupulous autorickshaw drivers.This comes after the Railways asked the traffic police two months ago to implement the plan at the Ajmeri Gate end of the station.The new traffic plan states that an autorickshaw driver will either have to drop the passenger and leave the station. If he wishes to park his vehicle, he will have to queue in the single pre-paid service lane.“They cannot overtake and leave the station once they enter the pre-paid lane. They also cannot move out without passengers. The auto drivers will not decide the destination. The passengers will ,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg said.“At present, the pre-paid booths are far away from the exit gate. The passengers are given a receipt with an auto’s registration number on it. This means, they have to wait for the auto with the specified registration number. This makes the process cumbersome,” Garg said.“The first available auto in the queue will have to take the passenger. There will be no scope of argument or negotiation,” Garg said.