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Commuters grapple with a new problem: finding cabs and autos

Commuters grapple with a new problem: finding cabs and autos

The Hindu
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 5:04 PM GMT

Commuters in Chennai face challenges in finding cabs and autorickshaws due to Metro Rail construction, leading to higher fares.

As detours and traffic diversions have become the norm in many areas of the city, because of Chennai Metro Rail’s phase II work, commuters have been grappling with a new issue — difficulty in getting cabs and autorickshaws.

Chennai Metro Rail Limited has been building a 116-km network in the city for the past couple of years at a cost of ₹61,843 crore. The construction of three corridors (Madhavaram to SIPCOT, Light House to Poonamallee, and Madhavaram to Sholinganallur) began in phases in different parts of the city. The project work has been on in full swing at almost all locations. As a result, commuters have been spending more time on roads because of traffic congestion and diversions. Now, they also worry about getting a cab or an autorickshaw, especially at peak hours.

In areas like T. Nagar, Mylapore, Purasawalkam, Ayanavaram, or Nungambakkam, commuters struggle to find an autorickshaw or a cab to pick them up from their homes or drop them back.

G. Balakrishnan, 74, of Mylapore often travels to Nungambakkam or Villivakkam. He says it is an arduous task to find an autorickshaw to return home. “Some of the autorickshaw drivers instantly refuse when I say the drop location is Mylapore. They dread coming here because of the diversions. We don’t have a choice and have to put up with it. We fervently hope that the authorities will finish the work soon and commuting will become better with Chennai Metro Rail,” he says.

Commuters who depend on cabs and autorickshaws say they spend more time circling the areas before they can get out of the maze of diversions and also shell out more than 30%-40% for commute daily. “The minute you say that you can’t pay the [extra] money, the driver cancels the trip. Online aggregators always charge a fee when a customer cancels the trip. This should apply to the drivers, too. The drivers inform the customers that they will pick them up and after 10-15 minutes, they cancel the trip,” says Ramakrishnan, a resident of T. Nagar. Every time a customer complains on the app, only an auto-generated message is received, and it is difficult to reach the customer care, nor does the customer care call back to check on the complaint, he laments.

Ganga Sridhar, a resident of R.A. Puram, says that be it peak or non-peak hours, autorickshaw and cab drivers either cancel the trip owing to diversions or charge twice the amount. “Earlier, I would pay ₹40 to reach Mylapore; now, I pay almost ₹80.”

Sridhar Venkatraman, a resident of Abhiramapuram, argues that some of the issues could be resolved if the traffic police remove the encroachments on the streets and arterial roads and deploy additional personnel to regulate the traffic.

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