India, April 20 -- Bandra-Kurla Complex, always portrayed as an upscale global business centre, has a major issue: its completely inadequate public transport system. A large part of the transport woes stem from the illegal shared autorickshaws, over which the authorities have little control.

Sources in MMRDA said that one of the reasons for introducing the elevated pod taxi in BKC was to tackle the unregulated shared auto rickshaw service (the licensed one began in 2010, and illegal shared autos soon took over). While complaints have largely fallen on deaf ears so far, starting this week, the RTOs and traffic police will carry out a major drive to control the shared autos.

BKC's shared auto menace

Entering the shining commercial distri...