New Delhi, June 22: “Outrageous… the government has failed us… government has surrendered to autowallahs.”
This was how many Delhiites reacted to the city government’s decision to increase autorickshaw and taxi fares.
Resident Welfare Associations also slammed the decision and attacked the government for not taking the people into confidence while calculating the CNG price hike impact “which is hardly 25 paise to 50 paise per KM on both auto and taxi owners.”
Office-goers who depend on autos to commute to office and back home are the worst-hit, while some people felt that three-wheelers would no longer be affordable for the common man.
Sandhya Singh, who takes an auto from her home in Shahdra to Connaught Place every day, says she is hit hard by the decision.
“This is an outrageous decision. Already we are paying more for power, gas and for everything else.
–Agencies