Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has urged non-Marathi-speaking autorickshaw, taxi and app-based vehicle drivers to use the extension period to learn Marathi before revised language rules are implemented from August 18, 2027.

Sarnaik made the appeal at a meeting at Mantralaya on Tuesday to discuss the next phase of the ‘Hinduhṛdayasamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Marathi Samvad Bhasha Abhiyan’.