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Office-goers face difficulties due to transport strike in Delhi-NCR

Office-goers face difficulties due to transport strike in Delhi-NCR

e-goers face difficulties due to transport strike in Delhi-NCR

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Published : Sep 19, 2019, 12:02 PM IST

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Updated : Sep 19, 2019, 10:38 PM IST

14:29 September 19

Delhi Transport Union on strike against hefty fines

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An auto-rickshaw driver, Sanjay Kumar Shah said, "The rate of the challans (fines) are very high. Earlier we paid Rs 100 fine which has now increased to Rs 25,000. So we are against this implementation. Our earnings can't meet the heights of challans."

Outlining the plight of commuters, a Delhi local Satendra told media, "As all the buses and autos are on strike it is getting difficult for us to manage today. I have been standing at the bus stand for more than an hour. The government should not keep such high challans. It is difficult for the auto people to pay. Their earnings are way less than the challans they are asked to pay."

13:07 September 19

Protestors stopped moving vehicles in Noida

Protestors stopped moving vehicles including Ola and Uber cabs in Noida and staged a demonstration against the recent provisions incorporated in the Motor Vehicles Act.

The police reached at the spot immediately and tried to convince the protestors to call off the strike.

Meanwhile, the auto-rickshaw and cab drivers in the region were not even aware of the strike called by the transport union.

12:39 September 19

Auto-rickshaws remain off the roads in Vasant Kunj

Auto-rickshaws remained off the roads in Vasant Kunj in support of the strike called by the UFTA against the MV Act.

The auto-rickshaw drivers said that they were upset with the increase in the challans (pricing) imposed on them.

Speaking to media, Basant Kunj area auto-rickshaw driver said, "I am upset with the increased challan amount. Earlier, the amount was Rs. 500 which has been increased to Rs 2000, Rs 3000."

They alleged that police were harassing them by demanding challans of minor issues.

11:29 September 19

Office-goers face difficulties due to transport strike in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi: Office-goers faced difficulties in reaching their workplaces on Thursday morning as several private buses, taxis and autorickshaws remained off the roads due to a strike called by the UFTA against the amended MV Act provisions.

Many schools in the national capital remained closed due to the strike.

The services of Delhi Metro and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses remained unaffected.

United Front of Transport Associations (UFTA) general secretary Shyamlal Gola said over 50 transport associations and unions in Delhi-NCR were taking part in the strike.

The UFTA is demanding the withdrawal of the steep hike in road traffic penalties and certain other provisions of the new Motor Vehicles Act.

Kishore Lal, a government employee, said he had to take the metro as the daily chartered bus from his residential colony to his office did not ply.

"We waited for 15 minutes but the bus did not come. So we are taking the metro now," Lal, whose office is at the CGO complex, said.

The DTC buses were more crowded than usual due to the extra load of passengers.

Some autorickshaws were also seen ferrying passengers. Kishan Chand, an autorickshaw driver, said this could be because the night shift ended at 8 am. The autorickshaws would stop ferrying passengers as the day progressed, he added.

14:29 September 19

Delhi Transport Union on strike against hefty fines

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An auto-rickshaw driver, Sanjay Kumar Shah said, "The rate of the challans (fines) are very high. Earlier we paid Rs 100 fine which has now increased to Rs 25,000. So we are against this implementation. Our earnings can't meet the heights of challans."

Outlining the plight of commuters, a Delhi local Satendra told media, "As all the buses and autos are on strike it is getting difficult for us to manage today. I have been standing at the bus stand for more than an hour. The government should not keep such high challans. It is difficult for the auto people to pay. Their earnings are way less than the challans they are asked to pay."

13:07 September 19

Protestors stopped moving vehicles in Noida

Protestors stopped moving vehicles including Ola and Uber cabs in Noida and staged a demonstration against the recent provisions incorporated in the Motor Vehicles Act.

The police reached at the spot immediately and tried to convince the protestors to call off the strike.

Meanwhile, the auto-rickshaw and cab drivers in the region were not even aware of the strike called by the transport union.

12:39 September 19

Auto-rickshaws remain off the roads in Vasant Kunj

Auto-rickshaws remained off the roads in Vasant Kunj in support of the strike called by the UFTA against the MV Act.

The auto-rickshaw drivers said that they were upset with the increase in the challans (pricing) imposed on them.

Speaking to media, Basant Kunj area auto-rickshaw driver said, "I am upset with the increased challan amount. Earlier, the amount was Rs. 500 which has been increased to Rs 2000, Rs 3000."

They alleged that police were harassing them by demanding challans of minor issues.

11:29 September 19

Office-goers face difficulties due to transport strike in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi: Office-goers faced difficulties in reaching their workplaces on Thursday morning as several private buses, taxis and autorickshaws remained off the roads due to a strike called by the UFTA against the amended MV Act provisions.

Many schools in the national capital remained closed due to the strike.

The services of Delhi Metro and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses remained unaffected.

United Front of Transport Associations (UFTA) general secretary Shyamlal Gola said over 50 transport associations and unions in Delhi-NCR were taking part in the strike.

The UFTA is demanding the withdrawal of the steep hike in road traffic penalties and certain other provisions of the new Motor Vehicles Act.

Kishore Lal, a government employee, said he had to take the metro as the daily chartered bus from his residential colony to his office did not ply.

"We waited for 15 minutes but the bus did not come. So we are taking the metro now," Lal, whose office is at the CGO complex, said.

The DTC buses were more crowded than usual due to the extra load of passengers.

Some autorickshaws were also seen ferrying passengers. Kishan Chand, an autorickshaw driver, said this could be because the night shift ended at 8 am. The autorickshaws would stop ferrying passengers as the day progressed, he added.

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