Coal town auto drivers protest illegal parking fees Protesters burnt effigy of Dhanbad corporation commissioner
More than 100 auto rickshaw drivers on Monday carried out a day-long strike and staged a demonstration in front of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation protesting against collection of illegal parking fees and the lack of demarcated auto stops.
The protesters burnt the effigy of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation commissioner Satyendra Kumar.
The agitators have been on the boil over the beating of one of their colleagues on Sunday near the Bartand based bus depot by one of the parking agents of the corporation.
The protesters, who were also demanding an end to the practice of collection of illegal parking charges from them by allottees of the DMC parking lot on the road away far away from the parking lot threatened to intensify their strike if immediate steps are not taken to imp