Mangaluru : Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike and Autorickshaw drivers staged protest demanding to allow autorickshaws registered in rural areas to enter the city. The protest meet held near the deputy commissioner’s office on Monday. Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike founder president Yogish Shetty Jeppu requested the district administration to provide insurance premium and protection for drivers on night […]

Mangaluru: Activists on Monday questioned the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) for seeking suggestions from people before preparing the draft annual budget and then setting them aside later. At the public consultative meeting seeking proposals before drafting the budget for 2017-18, G.K. Bhat, an activist, said that in the consultative meeting last year he had suggested […]

Mangalore: Autorickshaws in Mangalore will be off the roads from 10.30 am to 2 pm on May 25, Friday to prevail upon the district administration to provide   more autorickshaw stands in the city. Speaking to media persons, Ivan D’Souza, President of Mangalore City Autorickshaw Drivers’ Association said drivers will also take out a padayatra  from […]

Mangalore : It looks like a corollary to the price rise in gas and oils that vehicles use, when Autorickshaws demand more, like Oiliver (I mean, Oliver) Twist for the first one or 2 kms. when we need them on city roads. They (drivers) are the sons of the soil and come to know every […]