Nagpur: Maharashtra government’s one-time aid of Rs1,500 to every autorickshaw driver stays a non-starter from town. A technical jolt has averted autorickshaw drivers out of uploading files like license, Aadhaar card associated with bank accounts, driving license as May 22. Second, the regional transportation offices (east and city ) are not yet been approved to accept the claims. The state government had announced a relief package of Rs107 crore for its 7.5 lakh license holder autorickshaw drivers at April if the lockdown-like constraints were enforced to control the spread of Covid-19. TOI had lately reported that there were not any indications of this autorickshaw drivers obtaining the”meager” relief a month following the announcement. Next, a site was made for registering the motorists. The authorities also roped into a personal lender (ICICI Bank) to disburse the cash and also a training session was held for autorickshaw drivers’ marriage on May 21 about fulfilling the online types. The process began on May 22 although not one autorickshaw driver was in a position to publish this form. The machine is always down because Saturday when the portal has been established, stated autorickshaw drivers. Officials in the regional transportation offices (both east and city RTO) verified no autorickshaw driver has obtained the aid so far although the proces premiered on Saturday. “The transportation commissioner office hasn’t yet granted regional offices that the rights to approve the internet software. Until the rights have been granted, we cannot process the request further,” stated an official requesting anonymity. The motorists termed as the Rs1,500 one-time relief because’Unt ke muh mein jeera’ (as insignificant as a fall from the sea ). Rather, they’re demanding tax exemptions and waiver of yearly instalments of all three-wheelers loans to your lockdown-like period. Back in June 2020the Vidarbha Autorickshaw Federation with over 75,000 associates of 11 districts of this area had transferred that the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court seeking a way to state authorities to pay a monthly allowance of Rs5,000 as many of these were about”the verge of starvation” after the lockdown this past calendar year.
State’s Rs1,500 relief remains elusive for autorickshaw drivers
