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Balvinder calls for immediate policy to regulate unchecked growth of e-rickshaws and e-autos in Jammu 9/25/2025 9:15:12 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 25: Balvinder Singh, a renowned RTI Activist and Social Activist, has urged the Secretary Transport, Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory (JKUT), and the Deputy Commissioner Jammu to urgently formulate a comprehensive policy to address the unchecked growth of e-rickshaws and e-autos in Jammu. Singh highlighted the pressing issues arising from the unregulated movement and unlimited sale of these vehicles, pointing out that the recent influx of new e-autos, following the proliferation of e-rickshaws, has further aggravated the city's traffic woes. Singh emphasized that, apart from a few wide roads, most of Jammu city comprises narrow streets. This infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle the rapidly increasing number of e-rickshaws and e-autos. As a result, residents are now grappling with frequent and prolonged traffic jams, making it increasingly difficult for citizens to move freely-even within local markets. He stressed that the situation is growing untenable, with public inconvenience and road safety concerns mounting daily. With the onset of winter approaching, Singh warned of an impending crisis, as Jammu annually receives an influx of more than two lakh people from the Kashmir Valley and hill districts like Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, and Bhaderwah. This seasonal migration swells the city's population for five to six months, further straining the already overloaded road infrastructure and threatening to render Jammu a perpetual "Jam City." Singh has called on the JKUT administration-especially the District Magistrate Jammu-to immediately engage all stakeholders in a thorough discussion to devise an effective mechanism to regulate the growth of e-rickshaws and e-autos.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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