Battery-rickshaw drivers enforce blockade in city

Battery-operated rickshaw drivers lifted their road blockade, enforced in the capital's Badda area on Monday, after issuing an ultimatum to the interim government. As a result, traffic resumed on the Kuril-Badda-Rampura route at about 12:20 pm.
Earlier, they enforced the road blockade demanding smooth operation of nearly 2,41,000 battery-operated rickshaws with thin tires as well as suspension of sales of three types of thick-tired auto-rickshaws by Akij Company.
The drivers warned that if their demands are not met by January 30, they would resume their agitation from February 1.
They also claimed to have received the assurance that the police administration would not create any obstacles in continuing the operation of thin-tired battery-operated auto-rickshaws.

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