gurugram a 60 drop in the distress calls has been reported at the traffic control room in the city as the strike called by the cab drivers of the appbased aggregators completes a week nearly 15 lakh drivers went on a strike in delhincr from february 10 alleging that the appbased aggregators do not pay them adequately faced with massive inconvenience the daily commuters were compelled to opt for alternate modes of public transport buses cars and the metro however gradual reduction in snarls on city roads has been one of the upsides of the strike for many commuters and the authorities on an average the traffic control room in the city receives up to 150 calls a day to report traffic congestion on the roads but following the strike the number of calls has come down to nearly 50 a day despite the ongoing construction work at rajiv chowk and iffco chowk no traffic jams have been reported here in the past one week even during the rush hours this clearly indicates that the number of cabs is one of the biggest contributors to the constant snarls in the city if we can control the number of vehicles gurgaon can be snarlfree one day said a senior traffic police official some office goers who spoke to toi said they have been enjoying the smooth ride to work it usually takes more than one hour to reach gurgaon from nehru place in delhi but in the past three days i took only 40 minutes to cover the same distance dominic pinto an it professional said a reduction in the fares by the autorickshaw drivers has also come as a pleasant surprise for the commuters even the appbased aggregators have been offering cheap auto rides arguably in a bid to win the loyalty of the customers when i couldnt get a cab using one of the apps i booked an auto through the same app and travelled from udyog vihar to dlf2 for rs 30 said himani joshi a daily commuter and added the same distance usually costs me around rs 80 a gurgaon resident shipra gupta who is a medical representative by profession shared a similar experience i boarded an auto from huda city centre for sector 46 he asked for rs 50 and i insisted on paying rs 20 the auto driver agreed she said confiding that the strike of cab drivers has benefitted them an auto driver shared we overcharged earlier as cabs cut down on our business but we have been getting enough customers so we have been charging nominally by chetna choudhry tnn published on feb 18 2017 at 0832 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred