Auto Rickshaw Strike Mumbai

Auto rickshaw drivers across the state have called off their proposed indefinite strike that was scheduled to begin from Tuesday midnight.

Thousands of auto-rickshaws went off the roads in Mumbai suburbs today to protest the operations of private taxi aggregators and rise in permit fees, causing hardships to lakhs of commuters.

Lakhs of commuters and students were inconvenienced on Monday as one of Mumbai's biggest auto rickshaw unions went on a day's strike in the suburbs. The action by Sharad Rao's Mumbai Autorickshawmen's Union (MAU) came despite a Re.1 hike on the minimum fare - from Rs.11 to Rs.12 - permitted by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) last week.

There was vandalism on the streets of Mumbai on Wednesday. Auto rickshaw drivers faced the wrath of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena activists, after they went on a strike demanding a fare hike.

After commuters in the city were held to ransom last Monday by the auto rickshaw strike, the same threat looms large over this Monday. Although the official stance is that there will be no strike, union leaders refuse to take responsibility for individual drivers who may decide not to ply.

Auto rickshaw drivers across the state have called off their proposed indefinite strike that was scheduled to begin from Tuesday midnight.

Thousands of auto-rickshaws went off the roads in Mumbai suburbs today to protest the operations of private taxi aggregators and rise in permit fees, causing hardships to lakhs of commuters.

Lakhs of commuters and students were inconvenienced on Monday as one of Mumbai's biggest auto rickshaw unions went on a day's strike in the suburbs. The action by Sharad Rao's Mumbai Autorickshawmen's Union (MAU) came despite a Re.1 hike on the minimum fare - from Rs.11 to Rs.12 - permitted by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) last week.

There was vandalism on the streets of Mumbai on Wednesday. Auto rickshaw drivers faced the wrath of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena activists, after they went on a strike demanding a fare hike.

After commuters in the city were held to ransom last Monday by the auto rickshaw strike, the same threat looms large over this Monday. Although the official stance is that there will be no strike, union leaders refuse to take responsibility for individual drivers who may decide not to ply.