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MUMBAI / INDORE: Stripped of their livelihoods and desperate to return home, at least 2,000 kaali peeli and autorickshaws taxis have left Mumbai for other states, Mumbai Union leader Taximen, A L Quadros, said on Sunday.
“Taxi drivers have been without profit for more than a month and left in their vehicles along with those who started off by trucks from Mumbai over the weekend,” he said, adding that the kaali peeli taxi does not have permission to travel further. of the Mumbai metropolitan area. region, but taxi drivers were traveling illegally, trying to cross the Maharashtra border to reach their places of origin.
In announcing this to the media on Sunday, Quadros demanded that the state transportation department grant “permits for other states” for the kaali peelis so that all drivers can go to their places of origin.
He said the drivers were heading to Himachal Pradesh, UP, Jharkhand and some to other districts within the state.
The city has 20,000 kaali peelis on the way and more than two lakh cars. With drivers exodus, there could be a shortage of public transportation once the blockade is lifted.
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Hundreds of cars with registration numbers from Maharashtra, bound for UP and Bihar, filled the Indore stretch of the Agra-Mumbai highway on Sunday.
TOI spoke to some of them who had stopped to rest on the outskirts of Indore. “There was nothing to eat. For every small need, we had to pay. We were forced to beg, so we decided it was better to go home, ”said Vinod Giri, a Bhadohi resident in Uttar Pradesh.
Giri, his wife and two children packed their belongings and left Saki Naka in his autorickshaw four days ago. It will take another two days to get home, he said.
When asked when he plans to return, he said, “Never. If Yogiji gives us work, why would we return to Mumbai? We will stay with our own people.”
That was the signal for others to speak. Rajesh Singh said: “We did not get any support from the Maharashtra government. In fact, we were beaten by the police trying to escape Mumbai. “Singh left Mumbai with his two children and a nephew.
Autorickshaw drivers allege that even the announcements about supplying food and water to those in need in Maharashtra were propaganda. “Those who belong to the ruling party get the benefits. The common man is stranded, ”Singh said.
Anand Pal, a Bhadohi car driver, is not concerned that it will take him another three days to get home and that he and his family will be quarantined for 14 days. “I don’t care about that after what we’ve been through. After 14 days, I’ll call the head of my town and tell him we’ve been screened and cleared. Now, let’s stay home,” he said.
Pal plans to revive his farmland. “Earning from the land is better than begging in Mumbai,” he said.
Shashank Rao, Autorickshaw leader Chalak Malak Sanghatana Sanyukt Kruti Samiti in Mumbai, echoes the grouse of the autowallahs. “The Maharashtra government has done nothing to alleviate the plight of autorickshaw drivers in Mumbai. We distribute 15kg grocery packages to around 55,000 car drivers who have lost their lives, but the numbers are huge. The government should give Rs 10,000 per month to each car driver, but no action has been taken on our lawsuit, “he told TOI.
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