Overview
- What began as a permitted one-day cease-work demonstration by app-based cab, auto and bike drivers extended beyond the permit and ended with hundreds of vehicles parked along Mahatma Gandhi Marg, blocking traffic near Master Canteen and the railway station.
- Police say protesters hurled stones and vandalised several city-run Ama buses, prompting officers to carry out a lathi charge to disperse the crowd and restore order.
- Authorities report more than 30 people were detained, multiple vehicles were seized from the roadway and officials plan legal action against those involved.
- Drivers say they are enforcing a seven-point charter that seeks higher fares, lower platform fees and social-security benefits; police have called the demands a private-sector dispute and described the extended protest as illegal.
- Traffic has been restored but many drivers remain off the road, leaving commuters disrupted and leaving open the prospect of further protests or legal pushback if the core grievances are not addressed.