Women’s safety takes a backseat as Delhi auto drivers grapple with faulty GPS

1,221 views · Published 21 July 2018 · 1:40 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics

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Delhi Government, in 2016 made it compulsory to equip auto-rickshaws with GPS devices to ensure women’s safety in India’s ‘rape capital’. In spite of this, most autorickshaws commute without GPS. The Delhi auto drivers hold the Government and network providers responsible for this.

“Even after paying so much money to the government and network providers, the GPS doesn’t work”, says Rakesh Sood, an auto-rickshaw driver from Yamuna Vihar, New Delhi.

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