Auto strike from tomorrow

Hyderabad, March 15: Telangana Auto Drivers JAC today said it would hold a one-day protest here on March 16 demanding of OLA Auto Management for reducing Auto Fare at Rs 29 for 4 km i.e. Rs 7.25 per km as against Rs 11 per km fixed by the State government. The TADJAC also demanded that the State government share 50% of the Auto third party insurance charges and bail out the poor auto men. It also demanded the withdrawal of heavy increase in RTA- Fee structure, a total ban on diesel-run cabs in the twin cities, fixation of Ola and Uber cab rates and stoppage of extra fare collection from travelers in the name of "surge pricing". The meeting will also discuss and chalk out a course of agitation for the arrest of Ola management among other things. In a press note here today, TADJAC convener Mohd Amanullah Khan, leaders K Laxmi Narsaiah and M.A. Saleem appealed to the Auto drivers in the twin cities to participate in the protest meeting in large numbers and make it a big success.