New taxi service in Chandigarh soon

Chandigarh is all set for a new taxi service, with three service providers Mega Cabs, Hetiz and Indus Travels all set to launch their service. The taxi service is expected to roll out by the middle of May. The cabs shall have eletronic meters and the administration is granting them permits to ply in the city.
The rates for these taxis shall be fixed by the city administration, and would be given special registration numbers.
Taxi service in the city is virtually non existent, with most taxi operators not willing to ply in Chandigarh as they prefer to undertake longer journeys.
For city travel, most taxi drivers insist on hiring their cab for the entire day, and the cost is about Rs 500 for a full day for a non air conditioned taxi. For half day, they charge Rs 300. Not only that, after dusk, some of them demand late evening charges.
The private carriage business is controlled by auto rickshaw owners, but they too continue to be unregulated. A visitor can get prepaid vouchers at both the Railway station and the Inter State Bus Terminus, but at other places, a visitor is at the mercy of these drivers. Rarely does a auto rickshaw charge by the meter, and they try and negotiate with the customer.