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Autorickshaw fare revision on the cards

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TIMELY ASSISTANCE: Transport Minister K.N. Nehru handing over a cheque to the family of an autorickshaw driver who died in a road accident recently. — Photo: S.S. Kumar

CHENNAI: The State Government will hold a meeting with autorickshaw unions later this month to revise the fare structure, K.N. Nehru, Transport Minister, said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi would participate in the meeting, Mr. Nehru said participating in a function on "Road Safety and Vehicle Pollution Control."

For long, the unions have been demanding a revision of the minimum fare of Rs. 7 and Rs. 3.50 a km thereafter.

The Minister announced that the Transport department would issue 10,000 new auto permits. As many as 5,000 permits would be issued with a subsidy of Rs 25,000.

The department received nearly 25,000 applications seeking fresh permits.

The department proposed to introduce only LPG-fitted autorickshaws from now.

At a meeting organised by the Lions Club of Madras Edifice and Goodwill Auto Drivers Union, Mr. Nehru handed over a cheque for Rs 10,000, the insurance claim, to the family of an autorickshaw driver, who died in a road accident recently.

K. Ranganaathan, Lions District Governor, and Kumar, president, Goodwill Auto Drivers Union, participated.

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