Mumbai's automen are filling up forms to petition the government for a monthly sum of Rs 10,000 to bail them out of a financial crisis. Mumbai Automen’s Union said that all permit-holding, licensed automen are filling up the forms to get a database ready to petition the government for the financial help until the situation normalises.

“The response has been very good. This is not limited to just Mumbai but is being done for entire Maharashtra. In Mumbai, we have managed to collect around 10,000 forms so far. More are being filled up,” Mumbai Automen’s Union leader Shashank Sharad Rao said. The forms would also be appealing to the government to create a welfare board of autorickshaw drivers so that they have an organised body.