In the wake of the recent High Court order on setting up autorickshaw
stands after giving due pedestrian space the Kochi Corporation
authorities are all set to reshuffle the list of autorickshaw stands in
the city.
Earlier, the civic body had decided to regularise the
number of autorickshaw stands in the city by joining hands with various
departments.
The plan of the Corporation is to limit the number of
autorickshaw stands by identifying the spots for the stands, relocating
the existing ones and making sure that the stands abided by the norms
of the Motor vehicles Department.
Even before the High Court
order, the authorities had taken a decision to allow stands only on
roads having a width of seven metres.
Through the plan the Corporation aims to make sure that the authorities have a proper control over the autos.
“The
proposal to set up new autorickshaw stands and assess the total number
of rickshaws running in the city is expected to give a direct control
over the vehicles.
Accordingly, we have prepared a list of the autorickshaw stands required in the city,” said Mayor Tony Chammany.
He
said that though the civic body is yet to receive the High Court order
in this regard, the Corporation would make sure that enough walking
space was provided to pedestrians.
As per the High Court order,
auto rickshaw stands should be permitted only after leaving a minimum
one-and-a-half-metre space for pedestrians. “We have already given
instructions to allow auto stands to be set up only on roads which have a
minimum width of eight metres,” he said.
