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Now, the fare for blue-and-silver AC cool cabs will start at Rs 48 instead of the current Rs 40 for the first 1.5 kilometres.
Mumbai Auto And Taxi. (FIle photo)
The transport authority has approved a hike of Rs 3 in the basic fare of CNG-run autorickshaws and black-and-yellow taxis from February 1 in Mumbai and its surrounding metropolitan region, an official said on Friday.
A Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) release said the new basic fare for autorickshaws will be Rs 26 instead of Rs 23, while it will rise to Rs 31 from the current Rs 28 for black-and-yellow taxis.
The fare for blue-and-silver AC cool cabs will start at Rs 48 instead of the current Rs 40 for the first 1.5 kilometres, the release added.
The decision was approved in a meeting of the MMRTA held on Thursday.
The revised rates are applicable only for CNG-run taxis and autorickshaws.
Majority of the taxis and autorickshaw plying in the MMR are CNG-run and only a small portion of them are petrol-operated.
The new fares can be charged only after meters are recalibrated, the MMRTA release clarified.
Starting March 9, 2020, the Maharashtra government adopted the formula derived by B C Khatua panel for the fare revision of taxi and autorickshaws in the state. The panel was set up on October 10, 2016.
Using the Khatua panel’s formula for deriving the fare hike of CNG-run taxis and autorickshaws in the Mumbai metropolitan region, the revised fare is calculated taking average vehicle price consumer index rate of interest for vehicle loan and other things, the release said.
After more than two years, the MMRTA, chaired by transport secretary Sanjay Sethi, has revised the fare of taxis and autorickshaws plying in the MMR. The previous fare revision was done in September 2022.
“The fare hike will only apply to taxis and auto rickshaws with meters adjusted to the new rates,” the release said.
As per the release, it will be mandatory for the taxi and autorickshaw drivers to get their vehicle meters recalibrated with revised fare within the next three months from February 1 to April 30, 2025.
Until the meters are recalibrated, the previous fare tariff card will be applicable till April 30, the release said.
Some new share taxi and share auto rickshaws stands also got approval in the meeting, the release said.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
