ranchi the district administration has decided to introduce qr codes on more than 1300 petrol and electronic rickshaws and 70 buses in an effort to make public transport system safer cleaner and userfriendly anyone can access details about the driver the vehicles registration number chassis number and the route of the rickshaw by scanning the code problems related to womens safety and uncomfortable experiences in public transport will also be addressed through these qr codes traffic sp sanjay ranjan singh said it was difficult to find unregistered rickshaws earlier it will be impossible to copy the qr code unlike the passes which were issued earlier the commuters will be safe and registered rickshaws will be allowed to carry a limited number of passengers the upper limit for the ecofriendly electronic rickshaws will be 1200 of which 900 have already been allotted through lottery the sp said in busy locations such as airport and railway stations around150 petrol autorickshaws will be allowed to ply the routes will be alloted to the registered rickshaws biannually through lottery system in order to improve connectivity across the city routes will be set for 13 to 14 kilometres from the entry points of the city such as sector2 of hec kantatoli namkum among others singh said the city will be divided into four zones and the routes within the city will be allotted to avoid any traffic congestion a biannual lottery will ensure the rickshaw drivers do not suffer financial losses due to sticking to just one route additionally drivers will be allotted routes close to their residential addresses ranchi municipal corporation has also decided to run 70 buses in the city of which 25 have already been ordered the buses will start operating in the high traffic zones next month tnn published on mar 20 2017 at 0838 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 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 app qr codes electronic and petrol rickshaws safety traffic congestion public transport ranchi municipal corporation homenewsindustryqr codes to make public transport safer in ranchi