gurgaon the auto menace has become a headache for the authorities in the district the frequent complaints about indiscipline overcharging misbehaving with passengers and not following the traffic rules has become a habit for the auto drivers in the city be it diesel or cng as result the regional transport authority rta gurgaon is now planning to launch a drive to keep a track of the autos in the city gurgaon has over 15000 diesel and 7200 cng autos the rta is chalking out a plan to install global positioning system gps in all the city autos the idea is to start with autos and then eventually move on to erickshaws therefore the rta is going to start campaign from the end of this month which will create a data base of all the autos and drivers in gurgaon and the vehicles will then be fitted with gps the rta will seek help from gurgaon traffic police to in order to make the campaign a success the initiative is being taken after a rise in complaints against the auto drivers and a lot inconsistency in the service as well as the paper work with over 15200 autos registered with the rta the identity of the many auto drivers is still a mystery as the vehicles are rented out by their original owners therefore the rta will now keep a record of the identity of the auto drivers so they can be traced in case of any untoward incident also many autos do not have proper papers or their registration numbers have faded so if an auto driver has misbehaved with a passenger the chipped off registration plates make it difficult for the victim to note down a number hence the vehicles will be checked to see if they follow all norms and carry the necessary documents overloading while rules clearly state that only three passengers are allowed in an autorickshaw and overspeeding often put the lives of those boarding it as well as the driver in danger we want to educate the erring drivers and maintain a record of auto owners and its drivers in order to curb any offence committed by them more importantly we need the data so gps are installed in all autos and their positions can be tracked for the safety of the passengers said jitendra kumar secretary rta by chetna choudhry tnn published on may 20 2016 at 0426 pm 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 against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download