Mumbai Metropolitan Region sees taxi and auto-rickshaw fare hikes starting Tuesday. Minimum auto fare Rs 27, taxi Rs 33. MMRTA approved revision.
Key Points
- Minimum auto-rickshaw fare in Mumbai Metropolitan Region increases to Rs 27 from Tuesday.
- Minimum black-and-yellow taxi fare in Mumbai Metropolitan Region rises to Rs 33 from Tuesday.
- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) approved the fare hike.
- Drivers have three months to recalibrate meters or display fare tables, facing penalties if not compliant.
- This fare revision is the first in 18 months, with the last hike effective February 1, 2025.
Mumbai, Aug 31 (PTI) Passengers will have to pay a minimum fare of Rs 27 for an auto-rickshaw and Rs 33 for a black-and-yellow taxi in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region from Tuesday, officials said.
The fare hike of Rs 1 for auto-rickshaws and Rs 2 for black-and-yellow taxis was approved by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA), they said.
The revised taxi fare will be Rs 21.90 per km, up from Rs 20.66, while the auto-rickshaw fare has been increased to Rs 18.22 per km from Rs 17.14, an RTO official said.
The minimum auto-rickshaw fare will increase to Rs 27 from Rs 26, while the taxi fare for the first 1.5 km will rise to Rs 33 from Rs 31.
The RTO official said taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers can charge the revised fares either after calibrating their electronic fare meters or by displaying the RTO-approved fare table.
The MMRTA, chaired by the Maharashtra transport secretary, approved the fare revision at its recent meeting.
The drivers have been given three months, until the end of November, to get their meters recalibrated.
The revised fares, however, will come into effect from September 1. Drivers failing to recalibrate their meters within the stipulated period will face penalties, the official said.
There are more than 4.5 lakh auto-rickshaws and over 50,000 black-and-yellow taxis in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, most of which run on compressed natural gas (CNG).
The fare revision comes after a gap of 18 months. The last fare hike of Rs 3 each for taxis and auto-rickshaws in the MMR came into effect on February 1, 2025.
