Speaking at a book release event in the city yesterday, the Minister of State for Transport Sachin Ahir said, “First preference would be given to widowed women across the state. Then differently-abled women would be considered next, subsequently others would follow.”u00a0

On August 3, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had announced that 26,000 dead auto-taxi permits would be revived in the city, and sources claim that 10 per cent of these permits would be reserved for women.