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Auto, Taxi Strike Cripple Mumbai‎

  •   Tue, Jun 22 2010 06:12:37 PM

Auto, Taxi Strike Cripple Mumbai‎ 

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Mumabi, Jun 22: Commuters in Mumbai had a harrowing time on Tuesday, June 22 after the 80,000-odd taxis and around 1 lac auto rickshaws that ply in the metropolis went off the roads demanding fare hike.

There was some respite for Mumbaikars when the strike was called off in the evening. However, the prospect of soon having to shell out more for their journey left them more to worry about.

"The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) is expected to announce a formal decision in the backdrop of CNG price rise. We have proposed basic fare increase from Rs 9 to Rs 11 and Rs 5 to Rs 6.5 for every subsequent kilometre," Minister for Transport Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil told media persons in Mumbai.
  

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  • Lancelot N Tauro, Mangalore/Doha Qatar

    Wed, Jun 23 2010

    Mr. Nagesh Nayak your BJP in Karnatak did the same, gave trouble to every citizen by hiking the electrcity and Milk price. No differnces between Congress and BJP.

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  • Vijay, Bolali

    Wed, Jun 23 2010

    what these kala-peela taxi men's union leader Mr.Quadros is doing.. so much inconvenience to the public..
    already 35 percent fare increased in delhi?...Jai Ho..kahi ghealto barakaat na..

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Tue, Jun 22 2010

    IT IS COMMON IN CONGRESS RULED STATES. CONGRESS IS FAMOUS TO GIVE TROUBLE TO CITIZENS & HAPPY TO FLYING THIER YOUNG HERO S IN CHARTERED FLIGHTS.

    JAI HO.

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  • Max & Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore/Houston, Tx

    Tue, Jun 22 2010

    Taxis and Rickshaws are vanguards of mobility in the city of Mumbai.With the growing fuel costs, maintenance costs and living costs, it is obvious that the taxi drivers need their grievances be heard.

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