Hyderabad, December 19: Telangana Jagruthi president K Kavitha on Sunday demanded that the state government issue identity cards for all auto drivers in the city to prevent harassment from police higher-ups.
Participating as chief guest at the Telangana Automotors Drivers Union first anniversary being held at Telangana Bhavan, Kavitha said that the identity cards should be issued to auto drivers on the lines of Beedi workers in the state.
She also demanded that the government recognize auto drivers in the state as `unorganized labour’ and implement welfare programmes for their standard of livelihood.
Apart from providing houses to auto drivers, she said the government should provide PF facility for their families.
She called upon auto drivers to launch an organized fight to achieve their demands.and called upon auto drivers to participate actively in the Telangana statehood agitation.
She slammed the state government for affecting the livelihood of auto drivers by resorting to harassing methods and increasing hike on petrol price.
Participating as chief guest in the Telangana Automotors Drivers Union first anniversary being held at Telangana Bhavan, Kavitha.
——Agencies