Autorickshaws go off the roads in Mumbai – fight for survival against radio cabs

Over a million commuters, office-goers and students were inconvenienced in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane as around 20,000 autorickshaws went off the roads pressing for their demands to ban radio taxis and having a social welfare scheme.
The funniest part is that due to their strike, the radio cabs had a field day.
This has been reported in zeenews.com dated 17 June 2015.

Mumbai Autorickshawmens Union has blamed the government for the inconvenience to the citizens because it is now a matter of survival of the autorickshaw and those who drive them. The reason is that private taxis, tourist vehicles and call center cars have come into the field to transport the people to various areas in the suburbs. On top of that, other cabs like Ola cabs and Uber cabs ply beyond their jurisdiction which is also affecting the autorickshaw drivers.
Unless things are set right, there could be more such agitations in future.
Transport Minister of Maharashtra has indicated that the government has taken note of their demands and would consider them.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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