State general secretary of AP Auto Drivers and Workers Vamana Murthy opined that banning autos will not serve the purpose.
“There are over 70,000 families in the district depending on the income generated from autos. If the government intends to ban autos or restrict their movement sizeably, an alternate source of income should be shown,” he said.
According to him, in the entire city only 5 to 6 per cent of the roads, including the National Highway have service road.
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“Provide service road and we shall ply only on them,” he said.
On the indiscipline driving and other complaints, he said, “It is the duty of the police department and the RTA to provide training in batches every six months. Such training camps are never held. Let them first hold training camps and then levy fines.’