Taking the first concrete step towards curtailing the rising incidents of crime against business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT staffers, the Regional Transport Office has made uniform compulsory for cab drivers who are offering services to the employees of IT-BPO companies in the city.

RTO stated that Government of Maharashtra has defined the pattern for uniform and I-cards. Now, it is mandatory for the drivers to wear uniforms and carry i-cards. The drivers can be identified by a pink shirt and black trouser. On the back drop of increasing crimes against the female employees in the city, the RTO has made it compulsory. In last two years, few criminal cases have been registered in the city where the police detected involvement of cab drivers. IT professional Jyoti Kumari Chaudhari was raped and killed at Pune in November 2007.

Pune city has a IT-BPO community of more than one lakh and some 11,000 cars and jeeps are used as pick-up and drop vehicles for them by the 32 units. Recenlty, state minister for transport Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil had assured that the uniform will be made compulsory for all the cab drivers. A meeting of RTO officials was held in the month of July and the decision for compulsion of uniform and I-cards was taken in this meeting. Source

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