People were seen stranded at ISBT, Railway Stations and Airports. Earlier travellers had no information about the strike. They came to know about the strike when the auto-rickshaw and taxi operators refused to ferry the passengers.

The Delhi Government a few months back, ordered the installation of electronic meters instead of mechanical ones as mechanical meters were open to tampering with easily.

Majority of the vehicle meters had been found tampered with and they overcharge from commuters, an official of the Transport Department said.

Commuters in the Capital had to do without auto-rickshaws and taxis even as the bus fleet plied normally amid fears of another collapse of the public transport system today.

Auto-rickshaws and taxis were largely, off the road, in response to an indefinite strike call by the Bharatiya Tipahiya Chalak Sangh in protest against the installation of digital meters.

The transport situation in the capital was again be put to test this morning as the Capital faced its first full working day after the passing of the April 14 deadline set by the Supreme Court for the Delhi Government to issue provisional permits to transporters who have undertaken to switch over to CNG by September 30.