In an attempt to provide more facilities to the passengers, the prepaid auto service system was inaugurated at Ranchi Railway Station by MLA, Ranchi, Chandeshwar Prasad Singh in the presence of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Pradeep Gupta.
With the start of this service, it will be very convenient for the passengers especially the elderly, women, children, handicapped and sick passengers to go from the station to their destination and they will also get rid of arbitrary fares charged by some auto drivers as well as help women passengers to reach their destination safely.
The amount to be paid as travel fee under this prepaid auto service system has been determined under a certain standard as a result of approval from the District Transport Department. In case of any inconvenience, passengers can register their complaint by contacting 139.
On this occasion, Senior Divisional Engineer (Coordination), Amit Kanchan, Senior Divisional Traffic Manager cum Chief Public Relations Officer, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, Divisional Security Commissioner, Prashant Yadav, Divisional Engineer (South), Deepak Kumar, Assistant Security Commissioner, Pavan Kumar and other officers and employees were present at Ranchi station.
Prepaid auto service started again at Ranchi railway station. Auto booking will be done from the counter. A booth has been built for this. Where passengers will have to pay first. After this the receipt will be given to the passenger.
The rates for autos operating from prepaid booths have been fixed according to the route and distance. Under this, a minimum of Rs 100 and a maximum of Rs 300 will be charged from passengers for booking.
The fare has been fixed for booking prepaid autos. Apart from different routes, there is also a charge of tokens in it. Due to which the auto drivers will not be able to do the work of cheating the passengers under any circumstances. Its complete details have been put outside Ranchi railway station. But for prepaid auto service at night, passengers will have to lose a little more pocket. In such a situation, 20 per cent more than the normal fare will be charged at night.
Jharkhand Yatri Sangh Chief, Prem Mittal welcomed the introduction of prepaid auto service. He said that this is the third time that prepaid auto service has been started at Ranchi railway station due to the efforts of the passenger union. This time the operation of the auto will be under the supervision and control of RPF. It is expected that this time this service will not only be successful but it will also be safe and disciplined.