LUCKNOW, July 12 -- Nearly a year after Project Safe Ride was launched to improve commuter safety through QR code-based police verification, only 27,741 of Lucknow's 1.36 lakh registered auto-rickshaws and e-rickshaws have been covered under the initiative, an HT analysis has found.

Official Regional Transport Office (RTO) data shows Lucknow has 1.36 lakh registered e-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, while traffic police records show only 27,741 vehicles have so far been brought under the verification system. This means nearly 1.08 lakh registered vehicles remain outside the initiative.

When then DCP (traffic) Kamlesh Dixit, along with joint commissioner of police (law and order) Babloo Kumar, launched Project Safe Ride on July 29, 2025, i...