Commuters in Delhi are set to face inconvenience as numerous unions of auto, taxi and mini bus drivers have determined to go on two-day strike from as we speak. Protesting in opposition to the spike in gas costs, the unions are demanding hike in fare charges and slashing of CNG costs.
The strike has not been known as off regardless of assurance from the Delhi authorities to resolve their points. The Delhi authorities had introduced forming a committee to look into fare revision in a time-bound method.
“We have decided to go on an indefinite strike from Monday in view of no action by the government to help us by slashing prices of fuels and revising fares,” President, Sarvodaya Driver Association Delhi, Kamaljeet Gill, stated.
General secretary of the Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, Rajendra Soni, stated the “unprecedented” hike in charges of CNG has taken a toll auto and cab drivers. “We know that the Delhi government is forming some committee but we need solutions to our problems which is not in sight. We are demanding that the government (Centre and Delhi) provide Rs 35 per kg subsidy on CNG prices,” he stated.
Auto and Taxi Association of Delhi, a unit of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, has introduced a strike in Delhi on April 18 and 19. They declare that a lot of autos and cabs is not going to hit the streets of Delhi on these two days.
Hundreds of auto, taxi and cab drivers staged a protest on the Delhi Secretariat not too long ago demanding subsidy on CNG costs. “We cannot keep plying our autos and cabs bearing losses everyday as the CNG prices are galloping. This is a symbolic protest to oppose the price hike,” Soni stated.
There are over 90,000 autos and greater than 80,000 registered taxis complementing the general public transport system within the metropolis.
General secretary of STA Operators Ekta Manch, Shyamlal Gola, stated that RTV buses, numbering round 10,000, may also be off street in assist of the calls for to revise fares and convey down CNG costs. The feeder buses play a vital position in final mile connectivity working from Metro stations to inside localities within the metropolis.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”