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Restore ration cards for cab drivers: TSCBOA
The Telangana State Cabs and Bus Operators Association (TSCBOA) has demanded that the State government restore the cancelled ration cards of all cab drivers.
​Hyderabad: The Telangana State Cabs and Bus Operators Association (TSCBOA) has demanded that the State government restore the cancelled ration cards of all cab drivers.
In a representation made to Civil Supplies Commissioner CV Anand, TSCBOA president Syed Nizamuddin said that the Civil Supplies Department had cancelled the ration cards of individuals who own a car as they do not meet the new eligibility criteria. However, he said that there was a difference between a “car owner" and “cab owner”.
“In view of various self employment schemes launched by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and other departments and also due to the growth in transport industry, hundreds of youth have purchased new vehicles by taking loans from banks or other financial institutions.
They engage their vehicles with various organisations, cab operators or Mobile App-based aggregators to earn their livelihood under 'Driver-cum-Owner' scheme,” Syed Nizamuddin said.
The TSCBOA president said that the total monthly earnings of owner-cum-drivers get split into payment of EMI, expenditure on vehicle maintenance, payment of taxes, etc.
“After all these deductions, they get very little amount in their hand to feed their poor families. Therefore, it will be unfair to treat these poor 'cab owners' on par with 'car owners',” he said.
