3,000 auto-rickshaws sans permit; STA starts drive

Chandigarh, November 19

While the  State Transport Authority, Chandigarh,  has  started issuing challans to autos  running  illegally in the  city  after the rape incident  in an auto, the authorities  have a tough task at hand to  check 2,600 to 3,000  autos running without registration in the city.

Sources said there was no record  of drivers of these  autos as they had not  informed the  STA. Rajiv Tewari, Additional Secretary, STA, said the STA had stopped registration beyond  the limit of 5,500 autos in the  city. He said many autos which were registered in Mohali and Panchkula were yet to get the permit from the STA,  Chandigarh. He said the  STA  had started  a drive and 38 challans  were issued   today to those without a permit. — TNS