Autos back on Ghaziabad roads on Monday despite strike called by union

Auto rickshaws were seen plying on city roads on Monday. (TOI Photo)

GHAZIABAD: Three-wheeler autos -- including 3+1 seaters and 6+1 seaters -- have been plying in regular fashion since Monday morning in Ghaziabad despite an indefinite strike called by the union. Autos were seen ferrying passengers at the Vaishali metro station, the terminal point of the metro line in Ghaziabad, on Monday. Autos also have been moving through Mohan Nagar, Link Road, GT Road and other parts of Ghaziabad. 

Members of the Ghaziabad Three-Wheeler Auto Chalak Union, however, said the strike has not been called off. 

Regular movement of autos in the city on Monday has spared commuters from inconveniences that were faced a day earlier on roads.

Union president Dilshad Ahmed was not available for comments. The union has called the strike citing a slew of demands. Among other demands, the union has asked for the raising of life span of autos with 3+1 capacity from the current eight years to 15, and that of the Vikram autos with 6+1 capacity from seven years to 10. Union members said that the transport department is, at the same time, collecting one-time road taxes from both categories of vehicles for a period of ten years notwithstanding the life-spans
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