VISAKHAPATNAM: A meeting of city police, APSRTC and Road Transport Authority held here on Monday took some decisions to prevent autorickshaws and private jeeps from blocking the bus stops.

The meeting was chaired by Commissioner of Police V.S.K. Kaumudi, Regional Manager of APSRTC and convenor of District-Level Committee D. Satyanarayana, and Deputy Transport Commissioner S. Venkateswara Rao.

Bus bays would be marked at important points, initially on the National Highway running through the city, and Gajuwaka into which the autos and jeeps would not be allowed.

Autos and jeeps would not be allowed to stop within 50 meters of a bus stop. Boards to this effect would be displayed at every bus stop.

Cases would be booked against the vehicles violating this rule.

Boards would be displayed at entry points into the city indicating that autos bearing registration number AP 31X were not allowed.

It was decided to immediately seize the autos not plying with proper records or the drivers not having valid driving licence.

Major decision

A major decision taken during the meeting was to take action on the auto drivers allowing passengers to sit on his either side and also the passengers travelling so.

It was found that one of the reasons for increase in accidents was that the passengers made to sit on either side of driver were blocking the view of driver.

A small seat seen in every auto by the side of passengers seat was also banned.

Passengers sitting on this seat were prone to accidents as their body protruded out side. With immediate effect, every auto was required to arrange vertical bars with one cross bar on the right side of vehicle, so that no passenger could sit on the side of auto.

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