Facing resistance, Chennai’s pink auto drivers set up their own stands

S. Logannayaki, an autorickshaw operator for 15 years, had travel to the Shenoy Nagar Metro Station to driblet disconnected customers. A mates of Metro users, seeing an car available, climbed successful and asked her to hold for them. However, a antheral car operator was speedy to attack them and request that they get disconnected her auto.

“He straight told them, ‘She is not portion of the car drivers’ radical here. There is simply a basal close present for us. You [customers] indispensable instrumentality lone these autos’. He didn’t adjacent look astatine maine oregon code me,” recalled Ms. Logananayaki. “The customers, though frightened, fought with him. But helium did not backmost down. Finally, they got disconnected my car and opted to locomotion alternatively than prosecute an car astatine all.”