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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has gone backmost connected his promises made to autorickshaw workers during the elections, and galore are yet to person the fiscal assistance of ₹15,000 per year, said Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) Auto Workers’ Union president D. Srinivasa Rao.
Demanding that the TDP-led NDA authorities fulfil the promises astatine slightest now, car workers staged a protestation astatine Dharna Chowk successful Vijayawada connected Saturday.
Mr. Srinivasa Rao said that determination were 7,07,927 autorickshaws, 1,01,256 maxi cabs and 34,476 taxis successful the State and determination were a full of 8,43,659 car and cab drivers. However, nether the Vahana Mitra scheme, ₹15,000 was fixed to lone 2,90,000 drivers, portion the remaining 5,53,659 car and cab drivers were near out, helium alleged.
While astir ₹1,200 crore should person been released for each the car and cab drivers successful the State, the authorities released lone ₹400 crore truthful far, Mr. Srinivasa Rao said.
IFTU State wide caput K. Polari claimed that though the Chief Minister had earlier accused the erstwhile authorities of taking monolithic loans, the conjugation authorities took loans amounting to ₹2.2 lakh crore successful conscionable 18 months.
Although Mr. Naidu utilized to assertion during the erstwhile YSRCP authorities that dense penalties were being imposed, contiguous the conjugation authorities is doing the aforesaid utilizing G.O. 21 to enforce thousands of rupees successful penalties, helium added. He besides demanded the enactment of a payment committee for the families of car centrifugal workers and a simplification successful petrol, diesel, and state prices.
