Two weeks of crazy adventures lie behind our 17 brave teams participating in this year’s Mumbai Xpress, a rickshaw adventure across India for the daring ones. We’ve already reported from the first days of the challenge, now you can find our teams made it till the finish line and what adventures they met on their way!...Read More
The regional transport officer (west division) Siddappa Kaller has directed all autorickshaw owners/drivers in the city to carry the vehicle documents with them as the officials along with police would intensify inspection from Monday. There have been complaints from passengers that auto drivers are collecting excessive fare and many autos do not have auto fare...Read More
Come January, identifying rowdy auto drivers will be a cakewalk. The Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers’ Association has started issuing them swanky identity cards replacing brass badges, which they seldom wear. The trendy cards will bear the name, badge number, licence number and address of autorickshaw drivers. Besides, the phone number of the Autorickshaw Drivers’ Association office...Read More
Members of the Shimoga Taluk Auto Drivers’ and Owners’ Welfare Association staged a protest here on Wednesday urging the district administration to fulfil their various demands. The protesters said that the State Government had issued an order to provide Ashraya sites to autorickshaw drivers under the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Scheme. Full article hereRead More
A proposal for starting pre-paid fare for autorickshaws and streamlining their movement at the Pune railway station has been stuck for nearly eight months now. The result passengers leaving the railway station continue to be fleeced as they are forced to pay lump-some charges demanded by the autorickshaw drivers. Full article hereRead More
Members of the Cuddalore Town Autorickshaw Drivers’ and Owners’ Federation observed a token strike from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, urging the civic body to improve basic amenities. Led by federation president A. Krishnamurthy, they took out a rally from ‘uzhavar sandhai’ to the Collectorate. According to sources, they had initially planned to...Read More
The autorickshaw drivers in the city got another month’s time to get their uniforms ready, which were made mandatory by the traffic police and the regional transport authority (RTA). However, wearing of badges is compulsory for every auto driver from December 1. This decision was announced by the traffic department of the city police on...Read More
17 offenders nabbed operating rickshaws without valid permits The traffic department has finally started cracking the whip on erring auto rickshaws that overcharge and refuse fares across the city. As part of the initial leg of the drive across the city, traffic cops have booked around 17 rickshaw drivers and owners operating without a valid...Read More
The Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers’Association has decided to announce a strike from 12 pm on November 29. The autorickshaw drivers are protesting against the increase in the price of CNG by Rs 2. The association had remained on a strike for 24 hours on November 16. Full story hereRead More
With the Indian Autorickshaw Challenge, Aravind Bremanandam has built a brand around the humble tuk tuk. Pitted roads. Desert sands. Hilly terrain. Hairpin bends. The Budapest to Bamako rally (also called ‘The Great African Run’) tests driving skills. For most participants, this annual trans-Saharan rally is an addiction. But no amount of e xperience seems to...Read More
