Commuters stranded as Delhi auto, taxis go on strike

September 02, 2015 11:23

Commuters and office goers were stranded in various parts of New Delhi as a large section of auto-rickshaws and taxis went on a strike in order to protest against a new scheme launched by the AAP government for low-fare taxis.

This coincided with a nation-wide strike by trade unions. According to an estimate by the traffic police, more than 70% of total auto-rickshaw fleet stayed off the roads on Wednesday morning. Police officers said that almost the entire fleet of kaali-peeli taxis stayed off the roads. Read more

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