Mumbai, Aug 8: As the news of Telcos reaching out to TRAI to regulate Whatsapp and others is still hot and fresh, another set of surprise news has emerged.
The request
of Telcos to provide “Level playing field” in telecom sector has clearly
inspired the Motor manufacturing sector.
In an
overnight turn of events, a committee of motor vehicle manufacturers has been
formed named it as AIMVMWA (All India Motor Vehicle Manufactures Welfare
Association). The AIMVMWA reportedly approached Ministry of Railways to
regulate the usage of Mumbai Local Train by citizens.
A member of
AIMVMWA who wished to remain anonymous was quoted saying “Mumbai Suburban
Railway carries more than 7.5 million commuters daily. The passengers get to
travel by purchasing cheap tickets in it. That has been encouraging these millions of
citizens to travel by train. This clearly makes the prospect of owing a four
wheeler less attractive. And that is really hurting our revenues”.
The committee
has urged the government to provide a “level playing field” by regulating the
number of passengers per day to certain limit. “One more way in which government
could help the revenue of AIMVMWA is by increasing the ticket fares by about 25
times and make it a ‘premium class only’. This could certainly encourage most
of the commuters to go for the alternative of owning a car!” said R S Rao, a
member of the newly found association.
“The AIMVMWA
certainly has the right to voice their dissatisfaction. More the people buy
cars more they need fuel. That is certainly good for business too” quipped
Shashank Gupta, Assistant General Manager of a major fuel distribution company.
“We are
happy that our initiative has inspired other downtrodden organization to wake
up. The concept of providing the citizens with affordable amenities is really
absurd. In a democratic and developing country like India, quality of service
does not matter as long as you make profit by charging exuberant price. We
extend our full support to AIMVMWA in its fight against common man”, explained
the President of AIMVMWA.
Further, an
unconfirmed source of news stated that, these two recent developments have also
woken up India Post. It is rumored that India Post is preparing a petition
against likes of Gmail and Yahoo for eating up the mailing business space. It
is also likely to file a multibillion rupees law suit against Emailing service
providers in the country.