LUCKNOW, April 2 -- A 30-day-long statewide campaign against illegal e-rickshaws and autorickshaws, which began Tuesday, saw police coming down heavily on drivers of such commercial vehicles.

In the state capital, police chose Hazratganj, Polytechnic, Awadh, IT and some other major intersections to crack down on the violators, prompting many to stick to bylanes and arterial roads to avoid being held up. Passengers, too, bore the brunt of the inspections.

The crackdown was taken up days after the kidnapping and murder of a 32-year-old woman by two auto-rickshaw drivers, in Malihabad near Lucknow.

Ram Awatar, an e-rickshaw driver who usually picks passengers from Kathauta Crossing, said he and several others avoided main roads and chose ...