According to a latest revision in the tariff, the minimum share fare for autorickshaw will go up from INR 9 to INR 10, while the minimum taxi share fare will go up to INR 9 from the existing INR 8 in Mumbai.
Besides, for every five-minute waiting, commuters will have to pay INR 8 for autos and INR 9 for taxis as extra fare in addition to the km fare.
Earlier, this month, the minimum auto and taxi fare was increased by INR 3. With this, the auto rides for 1.5kms costs from INR 21 to INR 23, and for taxi it went from INR 25 to INR 28. The fare for every subsequent km for autos is INR 15.33 and for taxis INR 18.66. However, several autos in the suburbs continue to charge old fares till e-meters are recalibrated.
If reports are to be believed, on Tuesday afternoon, October 11, meter repairers received the chips with calculations for revised auto-taxi fares for Mumbai. Accordingly, Mumbaikars can expect more autos and taxis in the city displaying the actual fare on meter from tonight, October 12 or Thursday morning, October 13.
The RTO officials ensured the program was uploaded on some of the electronic meters which were sent to laboratories for conducting mandatory table tests for 48km (for every meter) to check if recalibration was done properly.
These meters will now be affixed in the first lot of autorickshaws and taxis that are likely to come for track tests at 4 city RTOs on Wednesday. The track test usually involves running the auto or taxi with the new meter for at least 2km and checking if the meter reading is correct.
MMRTA officials stated that there was reluctance on part of a few meter repairers to install chips as they demanded more money.