M'lore: Pressing for Hike in Fares, Rickshaws Go Off Road


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Jun 24: The autorickshaws plying in the city will protest for a day from 12 midnight on June 23 to the midnight of Tuesday, June 24 by staying away from the city roads.

Elaborating on the reasons for the decision, Mangalore City Corporation Autirikshaw Drivers Union president Ivan D'Souza has said, that the auto drivers are irked over the fact that the rickshaw fares have not been revised uptwards even after 15 days since petrol and LPG rates saw a steep hike and that the district administration has failed to positively respond to the demand put forth for raising the autorickshaw fares.

  

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  • V W Mascarenhas, Puttur/oman

    Wed, Jun 25 2008

    Everybody knows mostly (not all) autorickshaw drivers are treated themselves as pilots of the road, treat public unfair & unjust. in their dictionary a word called 'minimum' is almost vanished. Every time they try to squeeze from the passengers.

    If passangers protest, then autorickshaw driver enters into argument, utter vulgar wards and even enter into fight, some time they try to gather others as union entering into unprofessional humiliation. Really they created hatred in public. We wish, let traffic authority offer them some kind training and take strict acton to retrieve the confidence.

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  • Dinesh Rao, Mangalore/Udaipur

    Tue, Jun 24 2008

    Let them revise fare in Mangalore.But what about in udupi and other places of coastal karnataka?? In all these places auto drivers are simply extracting high fare from public and duping them!!Please ensure that all the autodrivers will be made to charge through proper metre only!! Who will bell the cat??

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  • E P Cutinha, Mangalore

    Tue, Jun 24 2008

    While demanding higher fares, the auto owners and drivers should promise the public and the authorities that they will not overcharge the passengers from railway stations and bus stands. They should not charge the passengers three or four times the prescribed fare taking undue advantage of the scarcity of autos in the nights.

    They should not overtake from the left side. They should drive carefully waiting for a while before coming to the main road from the bye lanes. They should be polite and should not use abusive language.

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