Pune: Though a prepaid autorickshaw booth has been set up at Lohegaon airport, passengers are getting fleeced by autorickshaw drivers and cabbies due to the apathy of the authorities concerned.
Consider this: You have to pay officially Rs173.80 if you travel a distance of 12.5 km from the airport to Camp by autorickshaw. If you travel the same distance in a cab, the cabbie charges you Rs400 officially. Beyond this, he charges Rs1,400 if you want to hire the cab for eight hours or 80 km.
The money involved in the business can be gauged from the fact that an average of 250 passengers take autorickshaws at the prepaid autorickshaw booth and 170 passengers take the cab service at the Lohegaon airport.
12/06/13 Anuj Ismail/Daily News & Analysis
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Consider this: You have to pay officially Rs173.80 if you travel a distance of 12.5 km from the airport to Camp by autorickshaw. If you travel the same distance in a cab, the cabbie charges you Rs400 officially. Beyond this, he charges Rs1,400 if you want to hire the cab for eight hours or 80 km.
The money involved in the business can be gauged from the fact that an average of 250 passengers take autorickshaws at the prepaid autorickshaw booth and 170 passengers take the cab service at the Lohegaon airport.
12/06/13 Anuj Ismail/Daily News & Analysis
