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Visakhapatnam
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VISAKHAPATNAM: The City Police would take up welfare activities for autorickshaw drivers, the Commissioner of Police, V.S.K. Kaumudi, said. "The police would like to see a transformation in autorickshaw drivers, and the fines and other disciplinary actions against them are not for subjecting them to undue pressure. They, too, have a part in the development of the city and its reputation. They could gain a good name with the visitors by good behaviour," he told a meeting of autorickshaw drivers organised by the City Traffic Police. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, K. Lakshmi Reddy, wanted auto drivers to be people-friendly. Good behaviour would take them closer to the people, he said promising all cooperation from his side to the auto drivers. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (traffic), T.S.R. Prasad, hoped that there would be a perceptible change in the auto drivers in the next three months. The leaders of auto drivers' trade unions, Vamana Murthy (AITUC), Radhakrishna (CITU) and Kondababu (INTUC), explained several problems being faced by the autorickshaw drivers. Apart from facing cases for traffic violation, the faced a problem form financiers, particularly from Anaparthi area, who were adopting rough methods to recover loans. The City Planner of the Municipal Corporation, Ananda Babu, said that parking lots and auto stands would be created once the road expansion programme was complete. The Deputy Transport Commissioner, Venkateswarlu, said fines were being imposed only to remind vehicle drivers that they should have self-discipline. The Regional Director of Legal Metrology, L. Rajayya, said that only 1,700 out of the 18,000 autos in the city and district were getting their fare meters calibrated every three months.
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