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Mumbais bus owners stage protest, demand waiver on motor vehicle tax
Updated On: 15 June, 2020 12:00 AM IST | | Rajendra B Aklekar
The passenger transport segment employs approximately 1.5 lakh people directly and about 4.5 lakh indirectly in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region with over 15 lakh dependents

The citys bus owners have threatened to surrender their vehicles to the RTO
Mumbai-s bus operators are angry. On Monday, the Mumbai Bus Malak Sangathan MBMS staged a protest against the government for ignoring their demands saying that the entire transport industry in the country was facing losses to the tune of Rs 550 crores. The main demand is waiving off motor vehicle tax for one year as declared by neighbouring states.
If the demands are not met in the next few days, they have threatened to surrender their vehicles to the RTO. The protest was held keeping all social distancing norms and COVID-19 protection measures in place at Borivli.

