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Mumbai: Auto-rickshaw unions call for protest on May 17 amid hike in CNG prices

Mumbai: Auto-rickshaw unions call for protest on May 17 amid hike in CNG prices For the first time since COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted, the auto-rickshaw unions have threatened to protest. This time it’s against the rising Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices and so on May 17, the unions have called for a protest citing the rapid hike in CNG prices. The threat of a protest is happening…

Commuters had a harrowing time as various auto-rickshaw, cab and taxi unions in the capital went on a two-day strike on Monday to demand a CNG subsidy and fare revision in the wake of rising fuel prices.

Passengers complained that they had to wait a long time for Ola and Uber cabs, and added that those were available at inflated rates.

The impact of the strike called by various auto-rickshaw, cab and taxi unions in the capital was visible as autos, cabs, feeder buses were hardly available at transport hubs like railway stations, Inter State Bus Terminals (ISBTs), and metro stations across the city.

People who were most affected by the strike were those who arrived in Delhi from other states through rail, bus or other modes.

Vinay Prajapati, who arrived in the city on Monday morning with his family and was unaware of the strike, had to call his friend to drop him home.

"I along with my family reached here from Raipur today morning. There were no cabs and autos were unavailable at the New Delhi Railway Station due to the strike. I waited for an hour to get a cab or an auto but in vain. I finally had to call up my friend to go home in Ghaziabad," Prajapati told PTI.

The Backwaters of Kerala

Winding our way down from Munnar to sea level the sky gradually shifts from blue to milk white. Not white like creamy full fat milk – more like the water-downed milk I remember from childhood. The milk I drank at Mrs. Dietrich’s kitchen table when I was a kid was so fresh and warm from the cow that she served it to her daughter and me on ice. As the ice melted the milk became thin and pale.…