Attention Delhites! Auto, Taxi Rides May Soon Get Costlier. Deets Here

With a fresh hike of Rs 2.5 in CNG prices, the members of auto, taxi and cab drivers' associations on Thursday warned authorities that they will go on a strike from April 18 to press for their demand for subsidy on gas prices. 

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Sanstuti Nath

Updated: April 15, 2022, 3:49 PM IST

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New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in the national capital time-boundwill soon set up a committee to consider the revision of auto and taxi fares, in a time-bound manner, said Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday. The announcement came after auto and taxi unions in the national capital called for a strike next week to demand subsidy on CNG prices. “Due to the rising fuel prices, auto/taxi unions have been demanding revision of fares. A committee shall soon be constituted by transport Dept for this purpose, which shall furnish its recommendations in a time-bound manner,” the minister said in a tweet.

Due to the rising fuel prices, auto/taxi unions have been demanding revision of fares. @ArvindKejriwal govt. understands their concerns.

A committee shall soon be constituted by transport Dept for this purpose, which shall furnish its recommendations in a time bound manner.

— Kailash Gahlot (@kgahlot) April 15, 2022

With a fresh hike of Rs 2.5 in CNG prices, the members of auto, taxi and cab drivers’ associations on Thursday warned authorities that they will go on a strike from April 18 to press for their demand for subsidy on gas prices. Earlier this week on Monday also, hundreds of auto, taxi and cab drivers staged a protest at the Delhi secretariat, demanding subsidy on CNG prices. The protest was held under the aegis of the Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh.

General Secretary of Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, Rajendra Soni, said that their protests against the policies of the Centre and Delhi government will continue and they will go on strike from April 18.

Speaking about how their business got impacted due to the sudden price rise in fuel, Soni said, the price of CNG is soaring every single day and we are demanding the government to provide us with a subsidy of Rs 35 per kg. He also alleged that in the last seven years, the Delhi government never called a meeting of Auto-Rickshaw association members.

“We’ve written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but received no response from his office. Who else are we supposed to reach out to with these problems? Neither the chief minister nor any other leader from the government is ready to speak to us,” he said, adding that if their protests escalate, the governments will start playing a blame game amongst each other.

President of the Sarvodaya Drivers’ welfare association, Ravi Rathore said, “Constant price rise in CNG is burning holes in our pockets. We staged protests on April 8 and April 11, yet the government is mum and hasn’t called us for talks yet. We will definitely do ‘Chakka Jam’ on April 18.” Rathore said that even the common man will hit the streets if the government’s approach towards this issue remains the same.

The Auto and Taxi Association of Delhi had written a letter to Chief Minister Kejriwal on April 6 demanding that they be provided with a subsidy of Rs 35 per kg on CNG.

CNG price was hiked once again by Rs 2.5 per kg in the national capital on Thursday. The price of CNG is currently Rs 71.61 per kg in Delhi.

(With Agency Inputs)