New Delhi: With just a few months to go for the Assembly election in Delhi, the AAP government Wednesday notified new auto-rickshaw fares effecting a 18.75-per cent increase on existing rates. Transport Department has notified revision of auto-rickshaw fares. After revision also, auto fares in Delhi to remain lower than other metro cities," Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot tweeted. It will take around 1.5 months for re-calibration of meters in over 90,000 autos registered in Delhi," said a senior Transport Department official. The notification on revised fare structure was forwarded to the State Transport Authority (STA) by the Transport Department.

Source: Mint June 12, 2019 18:00 UTC