Transport department contemplating removing restrictions to improve last-mile connectivity for passengers
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VIJAYAWADA: The transport department is contemplating removing restrictions and allow more number of auto-rickshaws to ply under Vijayawada city limits, for improving the last-mile connectivity for passengers. Deputy Transport Commissioner (DTC) M Purendra wrote to Police Commissioner Bathini Sreenivasulu for his opinion and requested him to allow the traffic police for conducting a feasibility study for the proposal.
Purendra told TNIE that in 2002, the then State government issued a GO restricting the permits for auto-rickshaws to 8,600 to reduce air pollution and traffic in the city. After bifurcation, the number increased to 13,100 in 2015, after considering an appeal made by the public and local political representatives. Around 4,500 auto-rickshaws from suburban areas like Penamaluru, Kankipadu, Vuyyuru, G