pune commuters using the services of cab and autorickshaw aggregators are concerned over the high prices being demanded for their travelthe aggregators continue to run autorickshaw services unabated while charging exorbitant prices despite the regional transport office rto denying permission to the three aggregators ola uber and rapido in april comments sought by toi on the same remain unanswered from the three companies even as commuters paid over 40 of the normal fares in some instancesone of the many such hardships was faced by ajit horo a student of the film and television institute of india who had to shell out rs 300 instead of the original rs 240 when his ride from the institute to nibm road ended on saturday i fail to understand whether this a trick or the surge is high these days horo told toi madhuri narang a working professional too had a similar experience how can i be charged rs 350 on an ola autorickshaw for a ride from salunke vihar road to law college road i have travelled many times on the route and the fare is not more than rs 240 it has become almost impossible for me to travel due to the high fares she said a few commuters even allege that the fare that they actually pay is almost double as compared to the price that is shown on the app while they are booking the cab or autorickshaw when the cab ride started it showed that i had to pay rs 350 by the end of the trip the fare almost doubled to rs 760 the driver told me to take it up with the company and i had no option but to pay kanath sharma a working professional said rakesh singh faced a similar harrowing experience when he recently travelled from nanded city to fc road i am used to paying around rs 250 to rs 270 for an autorickshaw ride on the route this time the fare suddenly shot up to rs 390 and then to rs 430 as the ride ended how can it be that once a ride commences the estimated fare goes up in my case the ride had not even started when it happened he said flyers travelling to and from the airport too are not spared the hassle most times rides are cancelled how can i be charged rs 400 from the airport to yerawada which is a short distance the cab driver bluntly asked me to cancel the ride if the fare didnt suit me i have travelled one the route many times and the fare was never more than rs 200 why are the authorities not looking into this nishi baagle a frequent flyer said meanwhile rto officials said the transport department is coming up with its aggregator policy they also claimed that the ban on aggregatorbased autorickshaws was not being enforced strictly to ensure commuters are not hassled however the rto and the traffic police are starting a