On Tuesday, consumer activists from the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) and officials from the Wadala Regional Transport Office (RTO) began a survey that will study meter readings of autorickshaws in correspondence to fuel consumption, distance travelled and traffic conditions.

After planning to begin the survey at 8 am from Eastern Express Highway, Ghatkopar, volunteers of MGP had to wait for over an hour for RTO officials. They showed up late, blaming their tardiness on the unavailability of rickshaws that would be used for the survey, said a consumer activist, on condition of anonymity.