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Maharashtra: App-based cab drivers protest with Pune to Mumbai march
Updated On: 15 April, 2026 01:13 PM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Maharashtra: Three cab drivers walked 150 km from Pune to Mumbai to protest against app-based cab companies, alleging unfair fares, illegal bike taxis, and lack of transparency. They reached Azad Maidan to submit a petition to authorities

Three cab drivers Parmeshwar Ghonge, Santosh Durge and Vaibhav Bhegde walk to Azad Maidan (Pic/Special arrangement)
Three protesting cabbies have been walking the 150km distance from Pune to Mumbai to highlight the plight of app-based cabs and their problems. Affiliated to the Maharashtra Kamgar Sabha, these three have been working as cab drivers in Pune and have been upset with the "injustice" meted out to them as app cab drivers.
Starting from Pune on April 10, the trio have walked their way to Mumbai with four halts and reached the city border this morning to be at Azad Maidan on Wednesday to hand over a petition to the authorities. The trio-Parmeshwar Ghonge, Santosh Durge and Vaibhav Bhegde, all in their 40s- had crossed Andheri and reached near the international airport in the evening on their way to Azad Maidan.
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