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Coal town auto drivers protest illegal parking fees Protesters burnt effigy of Dhanbad corporation commissioner
More than 100 auto rickshaw drivers on Monday carried out a day-long strike and staged a demonstration in front of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation protesting against collection of illegal parking fees and the lack of demarcated auto stops.
The protesters burnt the effigy of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation commissioner Satyendra Kumar.
The agitators have been on the boil over the beating of one of their colleagues on Sunday near the Bartand based bus depot by one of the parking agents of the corporation.
The protesters, who were also demanding an end to the practice of collection of illegal parking charges from them by allottees of the DMC parking lot on the road away far away from the parking lot threatened to intensify their strike if immediate steps are not taken to imp
Auto strike comes to end following dialogue with authorities Minimum fare fixed at Rs 10, routes to be allocated within February
The indefinite strike launched by auto-rickshaw operators, in support of their seven-point demands, came to an end on Thursday, following a meeting between the protesters and the district administration.
The talks, led by Sub Divisional Officer Surendra Prasad, was mediated by Dhanbad MLA Raj Sinha. It came after the agitators on Thursday decided to go for an indefinite hunger strike at the Randhir Verma Chowk, alleging that they were not being heard by the district administration.
During the meeting, the administration gave verbal orders to auto-rickshaw operators to increase the minimum fare during the lockdown period to Rs 10, which was one of the demands of the protesters. The authorities also asked the drivers to operate their vehicles in designated ro