The capital's streets have almost turned violent, with commuters stranded and auto-rickshaws charging a fortune even for smaller distances
Even three days after the radio taxi strike, the AAP-led Delhi government has not come to the rescue of commuters. In fact, Delhi Transport Minister Satyendra Jain told DNA on Sunday that "private taxi-owners and drivers must solve their differences among themselves".
"We can only give them maximum rates. Now it is up to the companies to form a policy and resolve the matter with the drivers. The government can only see that whatever is within the law is practised," said Jain.
Though some taxi unions on Sunday claimed that they are calling off the strike following an assurance from the government, the Sarvodaya Drivers Association of Delhi (SDAD) said that these unions were not with them. The SDAD represents around 20,000 drivers who work with taxi aggregators such as Ola and Uber.
The capital's streets have almost turned violent, with commuters stranded and auto-rickshaws charging a fortune even for smaller distances. The Delhi Metro is overcrowded. All these have failed to move the government.
The drivers are demanding a hike in fares from Rs 6 per km or extra incentives from companies, as they used to.
Government sources said that that they would frame a fresh policy within two months as directed by the Delhi High Court. "We are watching the situation. We will come up with a fresh policy for private cab aggregators," said a senior official.
For the time being, 200 additional DTC buses and cluster buses would be deployed from Monday, he said.
Meanwhile, Kamaljeet Gill, president, SDAD, said: "We have not sent any delegation to meet the minister as they have not given us time. We will strike till our demands are met."
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