Nov 01, 2024 10:53 PM IST
Rickshaw Mitra pay as you go auto sales space’s contract with the Pravasi Seva Sangh headed by the deputy commissioner of police/DCP (site visitors) expired on October 22 after which it hasn’t been renewed inflicting the service to be discontinued
With the 100 days’ permission for the Rickshaw Mitra pay as you go auto-rickshaw sales space at Pune railway station having ended on October 22, 2024, auto-rickshaw unions at the moment are demanding that the permission be renewed by the Regional Transport Workplace (RTO) because the sales space is helpful for passengers travelling from Pune railway station, and its closure throughout Diwali will inconvenience residents to a big extent.
Rickshaw Mitra pay as you go auto-rickshaw sales space was opened at Pune railway station on July 28 this yr in affiliation with the Pune transport division, railway division, and Kevolution Know-how, with help from minister Chandrakant Dada Patil. (HT PHOTO)
Rickshaw Mitra pay as you go auto sales space’s contract with the Pravasi Seva Sangh headed by the deputy commissioner of police/DCP (site visitors) expired on October 22 after which it hasn’t been renewed inflicting the service to be discontinued.
Keshav Kshirsagar of Baghtoy Rikshawala auto-rickshaw union mentioned, “A large number of rickshaw drivers conducting business illegally in the Pune railway station area were extorting money from citizens. With the Rickshaw Mitra prepaid auto-rickshaw booth opening in July this year, all of that stopped. In the last 100 days, approximately 28,000 passengers have availed the booth’s services and passengers have saved approximately ₹44 lakh due to the booth.”
Rickshaw Mitra pay as you go auto-rickshaw sales space was opened at Pune railway station on July 28 this yr in affiliation with the Pune transport division, railway division, and Kevolution Know-how, with help from minister Chandrakant Dada Patil.
DCP (site visitors) Amol Zende mentioned, “The prepaid auto booth at the Pune railway station is beneficial for thousands of passengers travelling from Pune railway station. We will soon review its current permission status and accordingly extend its period.”
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