auto drivers wait for passengers at bhopal railway stationbhopal several businesses and offices have been opened with the unlock process but it has failed to help the business of auto and cab drivers as they are still not able to get enough passengers around 4000 auto rickshaws in the state capital have been sold off only in bhopal due to lack of business around 10000 autos are registered with the bhopal rtoseveral auto drivers have either stopped driving or changed over to other businesses auto drivers said that the situation has become challenging for them to survive one can understand our condition when trains are limited and sunday is a complete lockdown we are working with only 20 passengers at the habibganj station said auto driver akshay jain advt he claimed that the presence of autos has also reduced by 50 at present around 80100 autos are available at the habibganj station before lockdown at least 150 autos used to be present at the same station said jain who was the former officebearer of the auto association of new bhopalauto drivers said they are left with no option but to switch over to other work around 4000 autos have been sold off as auto drivers had no money they were forced to start selling vegetables and doing other works which are in demand said an auto driver rehmanthe situation is the same for the private cabs also a cab owner without wishing to be named said that their demand used to be quite high at bhopal airport and stations but the lockdown has changed the situation for them before lockdown flight frequency at bhopal airport was very high i bought another taxi as the demand was soaring now the situation is such that i sold a taxi last week i have to sell another taxi if the situation remains the same said arjun singh a taxi drivereven passengers have stopped using taxis so things are totally different from the prelockdown times people are preferring private vehicles more nowadays even the passengers coming to the airport are finding it better to call their friends or relatives to drop them off this has hit our work severely said shabbir khan a taxi driveralso read telangana driving schools struggle despite easing of lockdown restrictions by ramendra singh tnn published on aug 29 2020 at 0924 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 bhopal auto drivers cab drivers business covid19 complete lockdown homenewsindustrybhopal auto