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Soon you will stop whining about exorbitant fares charged by auto drivers in the city.

After dilly dallying for some time, the government on Tuesday finally issued GO 213 making it mandatory for all auto rickshaws in the state to install digital meters. These meters would replace the conventional ones that are prone to tampering. The digital meters that are in vogue in Delhi and Bangalore have proven to be tamper-proof. In the last assembly session, transport minister Kanna Lakshminarayana had told the members that digital meters would be made compulsory in a month's time.

In the state, the 3.8 lakh auto rickshaws would have to install digital meters with audiometer facility. The audiometer at the end of the journey announces the fare and the distance travelled. In the city, there are nearly one lakh auto rickshaws. Each digital meter is expected to cost Rs 1,300 to Rs 1,500. However, there are no digital meter manufacturers in the state. The transport department will collect data on the dealers and retailers in the state who could supply the required number of meters. The GO was issued by the government after months of stringent opposition by auto drivers' unions.

The government has asked the state transport commissioner to implement the provision after duly collecting the logistics of availability.

"By one year, all autos in the state would have to fall in line and install the meters. For new autos, digital meters could be made mandatory in the coming weeks," a transport official told TOI on Tuesday.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/264122.cms

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Digital meter is a wastage of money as it too can easily be tampered.