Pre-paid auto rickshaw service introduced for Amarnath yatris

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Jun 29 2013 | 8:45 PM IST
In view of the ongoing Armatnath yatra, Jammu and Kashmir government today started pre-paid auto rickshaw service in the city.
"The Motor Vehicles Department and the Auto Rickshaw Unions today started pre-paid Auto Rickshaw booths at four major points of the city-ISBT at Narwal, Bhagwati Nagar, Railway Station and General Bus Stand in Jammu," an official spokesman said.
These booths were inaugurated by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) traffic, Jammu, Manmohan Singh.
This is being done with a view that the pilgrims visiting to the city are not overcharged, he said.
The pre-paid booths have been started where the passengers can hire the vehicles on point to point rates which already stand rationalised by the Motor Vehicles Department and displayed prominently on the pre-paid auto rickshaw booths, the spokesman said.
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First Published: Jun 29 2013 | 8:45 PM IST

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