In a rare gesture of mutual solidarity, the leading rickshaw drivers’ unions together staged a protest on Monday. They sought spaces for parking vehicles and stop detention of drivers. 

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Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers Union, Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers Nyay Samiti, Jagrut Autorickshaw Drivers Union, Airport Autorickshaw Drivers Union, and Ahmedabad Railway Station Drivers Union will conduct protests at Sardarbag. 

“We will submit a memorandum signed in our blood. If our issues are not solved, we will go off road later on,” said Rajveer Upadhyay, president of Ahmedabad Autori-ckshaw Drivers Union. Raj Shirke, president of Autori-ckshaw Drivers Nyay Samiti said that since the drive to clear city roads of encroachment begin, it was proposed that additional rickshaw stands would be allotted. 

In reality, the rule to prohibit rickshaw stand close to crossroads has reduced the number of stands. “Rickshaw drivers are detained and fined for no fault. We want such harassment to end,” said Shirke. 

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Ahmedabad Autorick-shaw Drivers Union, Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers Nyay Samiti, Jagrut Autorickshaw Drivers Union, Airport Autorickshaw Drivers Union, and Ahmedabad Railway Station Drivers Union will conduct protests at Sardarbagh.