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Auto drivers protest against hefty fines

Auto-rickshaw drivers’ unions staged a protest in Vizag on Friday... Read More
VISAKHAPATNAM:

Auto-rickshaw

drivers’ unions staged a protest in Vizag on Friday against

higher fines

for traffic rule violations.

The state government recently amended the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 and increased penal amounts. The penal amounts now range between Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000. RKSV Kumar of CITU and Manmadha Rao of AITUC said that the pandemic and ensuing lockdown have hit the transport sector hard and hefty fines are now burdening people dependent on the sector.

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