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Autorickshaw drivers and owners staged a protestation connected Thursday, demanding a frost connected caller permits, contending that the existing fleet successful the metropolis was already excessive.
The protesters gathered extracurricular the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau and submitted a memorandum raising 4 cardinal concerns. They argued that the precocious fig of autorickshaws successful circulation had reduced net for existing drivers. They urged the transport section to halt the issuance of caller permits.
The protesters demanded a broad re-survey and reappraisal of the prepaid autorickshaw facility, citing the pre-fixed rates for definite distances arsenic unscientific. They besides urged the medication not to licence aggregator services specified arsenic Bike-Rapido, contending that the metropolis had constricted abstraction for specified operations and that introducing them would trigger unhealthy contention successful an already saturated market.
The 4th request was for a revision of autorickshaw fares, with the drivers and owners suggesting a minimum fare of ₹50.
Alla Baksh and Santhosh A.N., office-bearers of the Autorickshaw Drivers and Owners Association, led the protest.
