The people of Haveri are being hit hard because of the ongoing strike by autorickshaw owners and drivers, which entered second day on Tuesday. They demanded the civic authorities to repair the roads which are in a bad conditions in Haveri City Municipality limits. Many organizations, including the Bar Association, showed solidarity to the agitators....Read More
In a city where auto drivers don’t hesitate to hold hapless commuters to ransom on a regular day, the two-day bandh came as a licence to fleece the public openly. From charging three times the regular fare to demanding an extra Rs 100 for running on petrol bought “in black”, auto drivers have been making...Read 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
A man drives an auto-rickshaw as dust particles fly in the air in the industrial area of the western Indian city of Surat November 24, 2009. The biggest climate talks in history opened on December 7, 2009 with a stark U.N. warning of the risk of desertification and rising seas and an assurance by hosts...Read More
Sanjay Bhimrao Gadge (25) was looted by the driver of the autorickshaw he was traveling in , and two other co passengers at Kalyani Nagar in the early hours on Saturday. Police said that he took a rickshaw under the ‘share a rickshaw’ scheme to go to Chandan Nagar. When he boarded the rickshaw two...Read More
Happened to talk to an auto rickshawallah in Delhi recently. Some interesting insights though not verified. Since they are coming directly from the horse’s mouth,should be generally true: 1.There are 90k auto rickshaw permits in Delhi and new ones are not being issued. 2.One auto rickshaw driver who owns the auto-rickshaw,earns on an average Rs25k...Read More
Making one’s way around Asakusa’s crowded streets at the weekend can be supremely stressful to say the least. And yet at the same time, with a seat and some assistance, it can also be really rather relaxing.Read More
Bajaj Auto Ltd. plans to raise production of its three-wheeled vehicles to 35,000 units a month by March from 30,000 now to meet rising demand in the local market, a senior company executive said. Bajaj, India’s second-largest two-wheeler maker and the largest three-wheeler maker by sales, expects local demand to rise between 10% and 15%...Read More
An autorickshaw driver, who returned a bag containing gold jewellery worth over Rs 3 lakh, was honoured by the police commissioner. Full article hereRead More
Here’s a simplified version of the Bajaj Tuk Tuk papercraft that was released by Jules last year. An auto rickshaw or three-wheeler is a motor vehicle and a mode of transport commonly found in Asian countries like Thailand and Indonesia.Read More
