API is a software that allows two applications to interact with each other. The integration is at an advanced stage and likely to be completed within a month,” Kundra said. “However, for the achievement of panic alerts integration with PCR 112 system, the API (Application Programming Interface) document and credentials are being obtained by the Transport Department from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations & Communication). Delhi Transport Commissioner Ashish Kundra said 11,832 commercial taxis registered after 2019 have been fitted with VLTD and panic buttons in the capital - and alerts are accessible through a web-based application. And seven drivers said the buttons stopped working after they conducted repair work.Īlso Read | Rape in Delhi rang alarm bells in HQ: Uber scrambled to guard reputation, blamed local officialsĪccording to Delhi Statistical Handbook 2021, the capital has an estimated registered fleet of 1,12,401 private commercial taxi vehicles. Of the rest on the list of 43, four drivers said the panic buttons in their cars were broken by their own children three said that they had disabled the button to stop passengers from pushing it out of curiosity. The other 14 said they had bought their cars before 2019, the cut-off year from when these buttons became mandatory. Drivers in 15 of the 29 cars said they had bought the vehicles from Haryana and UP with fitness certificates despite the Union Road Transport Ministry notifying the use of panic buttons in 2016. In 43 cabs, 29 did not have panic buttons at all. In five of these seven, pressing the button did not result in follow-up action from the Delhi Police despite a wait of 20 minutes. Of the 50 Uber cabs, only seven had active panic buttons. Instead, it found a monitoring system hobbled by glitches - including an unresolved software “integration issue” that prevents the nodal Transport agency, which receives the cab alerts, from passing them on immediately to the Delhi Police. Also Read | Revealed: How Uber took systems for a ride, used its tech to drive past law
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