the new rules have been released taking into consideration the current situation to contain the spread of covid19 representational imagehyderabad auto drivers in the city say that the new two plus one rule introduced by the government as part of easing lockdown restrictions is doing more harm than good for their businesswhile auto rickshaws are usually a preferred mode of transport for groups of three or four people drivers say that people have started completely avoiding the service as they have to hire more than one auto even if they are a group of three people and spend double the amount of what they used to pay earlier advt if a passenger wants to travel with two or three children i cannot ask them to take two different autos will that person be able to send the children alone in a separate auto and then pay for both autos separately asked satti reddy member of telangana auto drivers joint action committee according to the new rules cabs can run with up to three passengers plus driver while autos can carry up to two passengers if two people want to go somewhere they usually go on a twowheeler why will they hire an auto i had to say no to at least four groups today because they had more than three people said mohammad fahad who was waiting for passengers at jubilee bus stand a senior officer with the transport department said the new rules have been released taking into consideration the current situation to contain the spread of covid19 we will not be able to increase the number of passengers in the auto until we get an order from the state government the official told toiread alsocovid19 cases at factories dont deter auto steel manufacturersopinion reviving indian auto industry post covid19 by taking cue from global measures assessing industrys demands tnn published on may 26 2020 at 0741 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app auto drivers auto rickshaw lockdown coronavirus lockdwon telangana auto drivers joint action committee homenewshyderabad 21 rule makes business tougher rue auto drivers