City cabbies will strike for 'change' on March 19

Faced with a perpetual coin shortage, taxi drivers say that if the transport department hikes minimum fare to Rs 18, they won't be able to provide change to passengersNearly 40,000 black and yellow cab drivers have threatened to disrupt the normal life of Mumbaiites on March 19 by going on an indefinite strike. However, their justification for the strike seems rather absurd. The reason is that the taxi union is unhappy that once the probable hike of Rs 2 by the Regional Transport Office (RTOs) and state Transport Department comes

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