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'Is being poor a crime?'
Updated On: 19 October, 2011 08:44 AM IST | | Team Mid Day
On day six of the campaign, the traffic police fined 35 autorickshaw drivers, who citing various reasons, refused to ply
On day six of the campaign, the traffic police fined 35 autorickshaw drivers, who citing various reasons, refused to ply
Place:Bandra-Kurla Complex
Time: 9am-11am and 5pm-7pm
Offenders caught: 11
Commuters speak:
Ulhas Moses said, "I was standing for almost 30 minutes to get a rickshaw. Despite seeing heavy bags on me, none of the rickshaws agreed to ply. Nowadays, its not them, but we who ask them about their choice of
destination."
Leela Devi said, "The rickshaw drivers in Bandra East are very arrogant. They ask for Rs 20 per seat on sharing basis from one area to other, which actually comes up to Rs 5 per head, if they go by meter. They use the opportunity to mint money, as a large number of people are dependant on them to get back home every evening."
Crybaby: A driver throwing tantrums after he was fined by the traffic
cops. PIC/Datta Kumbhar
Auto Drivers Speak:
Aslam Sheikh: "Every rickshaw here plys on sharing basis. Going to other places is worthless, as we don't get passengers on our way back."


