NO, this is not about the movie Oram po. Today the auto drivers are in a 6 to 6 strike to press for revision in the rate charged per kilometer. Though the strike takes place in unision , there are subgroups within the entire auto faction with one group demanding the revision to be Rs.7.5 per Km and another group demanding it to be Rs.10 per Km. FYI the current existing rates are Rs.6 per Km. If facts are to be believed almost 85-90% of autos in bangalore run on gas. So doing a simple conservative analysis of factoring in the cost of gas, mileage etc at current rates only these autos have an operating margin of 200 %. But still they demand more. And if you are gonna consider their extra earnings like asking for 1.5 time charge for anything after 8 Pm or for any distance beyond 15 Km are so, the margins expand still furhter obscenely. May be people should counteract. How about all the public deciding not to use any auto services until they reduce the fares to be Rs.4 per Km. You see there is a purpose for shankar's movies. itheh sonna nammala cinema paarthu kettu ponavan nu solluvaangeh.
PS: this post is strictly for bangalore and no way applies to chennai where there is no concept of metering at all. May be they will also revise the minimum fare they charge from the existing Rs. 25 to Rs.40 based on bangalore revision.
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