Autonomics

How many of you guys reading this have compared the Cut throat rippers more elegantly known as the Chennai Auto walas with their counterparts in other cities? or atleast bangalore?

Its pretty obvious.For travelling 10 kms in Chennai you end up paying around RS. 150 and for the same 10 kms in bangalore, you pay around RS.75.So, are the guys in chennai involved in day light robbery? Not really.

When you look at the cost of the auto, its pretty much the same in both the cities.The roads in bangalore too are as good or bad as the ones in chennai.And, in both the places, the demand for Autos is pretty much high.So what is the black sheep here? Its the Fuel!

Chennai Autos run on petrol, that costs around RS.50 a litre and gives you a mileage of around 20 km.Where as the Bangalore Autos run on biogas(Really!) and they give you a mileage of around 20 Km for a litre of biogas which costs RS.27!!!Thats almost half the cost of the Fuel in Chennai!! Now we all know, where the issue is.

There are certain issues with biogas in bangalore.There are only 6-8 Petrol bunks supplying biogas for 1.5 lac autos! And the right sort of engine oil is not being provided.These issues should be weeded out before the system gets inefficient.

Otherwise, biogas is something that should be looked at for other metros aswell.Seriously, public transportation system for the upper middle class needs a revamp so that these chaps can spend on better things uplifting the economy further. :)