New Delhi: Some automatic rickshaw drivers in the national capital said they faced their difficulties and livelihoods affected because of the imposition of night hours in Delhi considering the increasing case of Covid.
Bharat Prasad Yadav, a car driver said, “With night at night, we did not get enough passengers.
Our daily income has been affected.
The CNG tariff also increased.
Previously Rs 38 per kg but is now available at Rs 38.
53 per kg.
Increases.
“The driver of another car Ajay Kumar said he was high inflation and it was difficult for them to survive especially after night at night.
“We don’t even produce 20 percent of what we use to get it before,” he added.
Automatic Driver Trishul Kumar Yadav said, “The market closes early.
Where will we get passengers? Because the hours of the night, we must return from the vehicle without passengers.
It is difficult for us to manage costs.
Whatever I produce, it goes to pay Rent a car to the owner.
“After the increased Covid cases, the Delhi government imposed a night at night (starting at 10pm to 5 in the morning) effectively starting December 27, 2021.
Meanwhile, Delhi in the last 24 hours 3,099 Covid cases only took the level of participants to 6.46 percent.
Active cases have reached 10,986 in Delhi.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) last week ordered the closure of schools, colleges, cinemas, and fitness centers with direct effects and placed various restrictions on store functions and public transportation as a yellow warning ringed under a multilevel response action plan (grap).