Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 21
The Delhi Government has made mandatory the installation of speed governors in taxis and cabs operating in the national Capital. But taxi unions resenting the decision and have demanded a rollback immediately failing which they have warned of a stir.
The decision came in line with the Union Road Transport Ministry’s recent notification making speed governors in commercial vehicles compulsory.
The move is aimed at reducing road accidents by limiting the maximum speed of taxis and cabs at 80 kmph.
According to a Delhi Traffic Police data, 1,622 and 1,671 people were killed in 2015 and 2014, respectively, in road accidents in the city.
The government decision to limit the maximum speed covers all cabs, including the ones operated by aggregators like Ola and Uber.
General secretary of the Delhi Pradesh Taxi Union Rajender Soni said taxi drivers cannot afford the cost of speed governors whose installation will come up to around Rs 10,000and hence, the Centre should withdraw the notification.
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