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Police moot GPS device to track erring autos [Bhubaneswar] [Times of India]
(Times of India Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BHUBANESWAR: The commissionerate of police in Bhubaneswar wants GPS-enabled vehicle tracking devices installed in city auto-rickshaws to keep a watch on drivers.
A software service provider demonstrated the function and effectiveness of the device at the office of the commissioner of police here last week. "The device has good features. The service provider informed us that the technology is being used in autos in Delhi. We are exploring the feasibility of implementing it here," DCP Nitinjeet Singh told TOI.
"If it works out, we will set up a control room from where we can monitor the movement of autos. In case any erring driver absconds after committing crime, we can easily trace him," Singh said. "It will also help us tracking stolen autos," he added.
No less than 17,000 autos ply in the city at present. In the recent past, the capital city has witnessed a number of crimes in which auto drivers have been involved. Nearly fifteen auto drivers were arrested on charges of murders, thefts, passenger harassment and forging identity cards in the last one year.
The commissionerate police has already made identity cards mandatory for auto drivers in the city. They need to wear them around their neck and also keep them pasted at the backside of their seat facing the passengers. The idea was to provide detailed information about the drivers to the passengers. For obtaining identity cards, a driver has to apply to traffic police by furnishing his license, transport papers and permits. Police sources said they have so far created a database of nearly 15,000 auto drivers. Detailed information about a "real" driver can be got by a click of a button, police said.
To streamline autos, police last week introduced prepaid auto-rickshaw service at the railway station and Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneswar. A committee would be formed, consisting of representatives of different departments, to finalize the routes, parking lots and rate chart, sources said.
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