User:Amol.Gaitonde/Meter Jam

Meter Jam is a campaign being followed in Metro cities of India such as Bangalore and Mumbai to correct the malpractices adopted by the taxi and auto rickshaw drivers can be a turning point in the  relationship where passengers feel deceived most of the time. These have been later used at other places as well

Issues Faced By Public

 * 1) Meter Tampering: It has been noticed that more than 90% of the meters are tampered.
 * 2) The Drivers are most of the times do not acknowledge to go by the rates of the meter and ask for extra payment from the passengers which is sometimes more than three times the correct amount.
 * 3) Physically Assault Passengers
 * 4) Extortion indulged with travellers who are not localites

Steps Taken By Public
To correct the above issues, the Public has started this campaign called Meter Jam where they cooperatively avoid travel by Auto Rickshaws on the planned date. The Publication of the same by the Newspapers, and using other tools like Twitter, Facebook and Orkut they are able to communicate to a larger audience. BMTC has helped the passengers by in anticipation of the meter jam, by running 300 extra buses across the city. . Other solutions to minimize the impact on the passengers have tried Car pooling and Walking.

Issues Quoted by Auto Drivers’ Union
Srinivas Murthy, president, Auto Drivers’ Union, said he was unaware of ‘Meter Jam’. He said that in Bangalore, in congested areas such as Minerva Circle, Majestic and Corporation, an auto can travel at 8 km per hour. It takes hours and so auto drivers refuse to ply to such places. When told that auto drivers refuse to ply anywhere, he admitted that there was a problem.