In 2 years, city got 75K permits for rickshaws, 1.6K for taxis
The state has issued 75,434 permits for autos and 1,604 permits for taxis in the city between June 2017 and March 2019, data from the state transport department revealed.
In 1996, the state had stopped issuing new permits for autos and taxis, but decided to restart the process in June 2017. With the state issuing new permits, the total number of autos in Mumbai has gone up to 2.12 lakh, from around 1.4 lakh before June 2017. The number of taxis, however, witnessed a downfall — from 55,000 before June 2017 to 44,566 in March 2019. Across Maharashtra, the state issued more than 2.33 lakh permits for autos and 4,766 permits for taxis since June 2017, taking the total number of the vehicles to 9.76 lakh and 65,836 respectively.
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