Jaipur: The auto rickshaws in the city which ferry passengers from one location to another. Auto rickshaw wallahs have been observed as continuous rule-breachers.
The autowallahs rashless driving practices have made children prone to accident.
The city police has launched a special drive to catch autowallah offenders While the city police have launched a special drive to nab such offenders.
The Jaipur police said that a new traffic campaign is afoot to book offenders, the cops in the morning and afternoon would be deployed at earmarked places.
To catch offenders, the police will be stationed at various locations which are popular routes to different city schools.
“Auto rickshaws are filled up with as many 12 children, sometimes students are made to sit at the edge of the auto seats which exposes them to traffic,” said a traffic official.
Sometimes students fall from the vehicles which causes deadly injuries to them,” added the traffic official.
When parents were asked about the unruly auto-rickshaw wallahs who ferried children from home to school and dropped them back to home. Parents expressed their helplessness. They said that there is no other option left than to hire these drivers.
The school vans charge way too much, and the school buses have pre-designated routes,” said Preeti Singh, a parent.
Many schools have also initiated to support this drive. Schools would also ensure that school students are not exposed to any sort of harm.
“Several times we have launched campaigns against these drivers, we have even asked schools to ban such notorious drivers but no action has been taken so far,” said the official, adding that schools themselves have failed to crack a whip on the minor drivers who come to school on bikes and in cars.
“Many times we have seen school autos ferrying children as well as other passengers in the same auto, which is again a serious concern for all of us,” the cops said.
“Last year when we carried out the drive in the month of March, we found that several auto rickshaws didn’t have safety cage and despite several reminders they didn’t keep first-aid boxes,” the police said.
