17 on 1

When I first came to gurgaon everything seemed very costly except one thing….the gurgaon public auto. This auto actually is a small tempo and there can as much as 17 to 18 people on it. Just wondering about people density in that small area and that area is mobile….just think of the drivers perfection…its a wonder how that driver sitting in that small space is able to drive…its density although is less than density of people in mumbai local train but the thing is at least in locals driver compartment is different so he is unaffected by all the mishaps of passenger area but here driver is actually can be a victim of the passenger behavior. One good thing about this is amount these autos charged is fixed at 5rs. So whether one has to go 1 km or 5-7 km charges are fixed. I am saying 5-7 km because the one route they drop you on is not greater than 5-7 km. And this service is almost a doorstep service because they wd stop at any damn place that u tell them to stop in route. It makes sense to go in these auto because no other public transport is available and this is really cheap…drivers benefit because they make almost 100 Rs per trip. So cheap, speedy and littleJ uncomfortable.

One more way to cheaply reach some selected places is shared cabs…these are generally called call centre cabs…when a driver after dropping ppl is going to the place where he began he picks up ppl waiting to go to some common place and drops them at that place and he earn almost 50Rs without having to spend anything as he was going to that place only…ppl reach destination by only spending 5rs and sometimes in very luxurious cars like innova, etc. that actually is a greener option as driver otherwise wd reach destination ,without dropping ppl, alone and ppl wd go by some other means and wd waste fuel….