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Blame the floods, not us: Autos
Updated On: 15 October, 2011 08:08 AM IST | | Team MiD DAY
Hell-bent on refusing to ply short distances, rickshaw drivers point fingers at everything under the sun, even as traffic constables nab repeat offenders
Hell-bent on refusing to ply short distances, rickshaw drivers point fingers at everything under the sun, even as traffic constables nab repeat offenders
Location: Outside Andheri station (East)
Time: 9 am - 11 am
Offenders caught: 13
Commuters speak: dhukar Birje, a former BMC corporator, said, "It has become a habit for autos to refuse to ply short distances. They must mend their ways as it causes inconvenience to the public."
Sandeep Pudhalkar, BMC officer, said, "The drivers want to ply on routes that they want to go and not where the passengers would like to go. They must realise that they work for the public."
Auto drivers speak: Krishnaprasad Gupta has been caught twice in the last four days for refusing to ply passengers outside the Andheri (E) station.u00a0Constable Motiram More who fined Gupta on both occasions said, "He is a habitual offender and refuses to mend his ways."
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