Taxi Management System at

Howrah Station

Taxi Movement & Passenger Allocation

Taxi entering HWH campus Swipes Smart card at the entry Details of Taxi updated in the Pre-paid Taxi booth Server
Server allocates Taxi to the approaching passenger in FIFO method, once allocated the inventory of Taxi is refreshed

Passenger approaches the Prepaid Taxi booth gets the Taxi details on payment of requisite fare

E-Taxi / M-Taxi Passengers keys in the unique code received on booking confirmation in the Kiosk placed near Taxi booth

System Generated Receipt containing Taxi details handed over to the passenger from the Kiosk

Passenger boards the allocated Taxi without again being standing in Q

Smart Card Management, Fare Allocation & Disbursement

No
Taxi Driver with Smart Card Taxi driver directed towards Smart card issuing counter

Yes
New Taxi

Smart Card issued Free of cost

No

Yes

Card issued after deduction of cost from the balance in the smart card Taxi Driver approaches the ATM counter installed near the Taxi booth after 2 hours & withdraws the fare balance available in the smart card account

Taxi Driver Swipes the Smart Card at the entry of the Campus

Server updates its inventory along with bay positioning of the Taxi

Server allocates Taxi to the requester on collection of fare & the corresponding fare is updated in the Smart Card of the Taxi

Note :- Taxi owner will have to maintain a minimum balance of Rs. 50/- in the card.

Banking Process Flow Cash Deposit, Fare allocation & Disbursement

Cash Collected at Taxi Booth counter

Cash Deposit ed in bank

Taxi Management System allocates taxi to the requester & the corresponding fare is transferred to the Smart Card of the Taxi

Updates of the fare allocation sent to bank every 2 hours

E-Taxi / M-taxi Bookings

Amount transferred by Net/mobile banking

Single Bank Account in the Name of Society

Bank Server

Taxi Driver Approaches ATM placed near Taxi Booth

BANK ATM

On Successful Validation and availability of balance

Cash Dispensed to Taxi

E-Taxi / M-Taxi
Passenger Boarding Train to Howrah May book Taxi using Net or Mobile

Net

Mobile using SMS /USSD Confirmation Code sent on successful booking

Confirmation Code sent on successful booking

Taxi Booth Server

Taxi Booth Server

E-Taxi / M-Taxi Passenger Reaching Howrah Station

Yes Passenger with Unique code on Payment Passenger Keys in the unique code in the Kiosk to generate Taxi Boarding pass

No

Approaches Booth Counter for payment

On Payment Confirmat ion

Taxi Boarding Pass Received with Details of Taxi such as Taxi No. By lane No. in which the Taxi is parked

Passenger Boards the allocated Taxi

Banking Requirements
Issuance of Smart Card (Special Purpose ATM ) Card to all the Taxi owners (via drivers) entering Howrah Station Campus Around 50K Taxis in the City Cards will only be issued to the Taxis entering Howrah Station campus for Pre-paid Service Replacement of lost or damaged cards will be done at a pre-negotiated price. All Special Purpose ATM card will be linked to only One account of the Bank
Withdrawal of Cash using the said ATM allowed only from Two ATM booths to be installed at Howrah Station set up at Vantage Points. Cards will be used to withdraw cash depending upon the allocated balance , like the value defined Add-On Credit Card. Each Card will be allocated specified balance depending upon the fare earned. System generated updation to be done . Minimum balance of Rs. 50/should be maintained against each Card.

Bank Benefits
Daily Transaction of around Rs. 10 Lakh. Cash to be deposited twice or thrice in the account daily. ~ Rs. 70 K Per day will remain in the account as long term deposit Only 25-50% money expected to be withdrawn within 2-3 days. Balance may stay in the account for more than a week
Replacement of the cards on chargeable basis Social Cause leading to goodwill enhancement of the bank Same cards may be used at different other Taxi Booths around Kolkata leading to more cash transaction without any extra cost. Place for two ATM booths to be made available near the booth, which may serve other bank customers.

Banks Only Cost Involvement - Issuance of Special Purpose Cards ( ATM) that too to the tune of 40-50K