Taxi driver associations hold protest against soaring fuel prices

Taxi driver associations in national Capital held a protest against soaring fuel prices at the Barakhamba Road area on Friday. The taxi drivers tied black ribbons on their faces and held a peaceful protest from 10 am to 11 am.

According to Kamaljit Gill, Sarvodaya Drivers Association president, the permission was for 80 people.

“However, around 200 reached Barakhamba Road, parked their vehicles and joined the protest peacefully without saying anything. We will hold another protest across the nation on March 22 and 23,” said Gill.

Other than Sarvodaya Drivers Association, Expert Driver Solution, Rajdhani Parivahan and other similar outfits participated in the protest, Gill said.

Carrying placards, the protesters demanded that app-based taxis should be brought under city taxi permit as per a 2017 order of the Supreme Court.