MUMBAI: Regional transport offices (RTOs) across Maharashtra on Monday issued notices to 331 autorickshaw and taxi drivers, including 139 in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), for failing to demonstrate the required working knowledge of Marathi, officials said.During Monday’s statewide drive, RTO officials checked 1,392 autorickshaw and taxi drivers in the MMR and found 139 lacking the required Marathi proficiency. In other parts of Maharashtra, officials checked 3,415 drivers and issued notices to 192 of them.Over the past five days, RTO teams have inspected 35,190 commercial passenger vehicles across the state, including 14,399 in the MMR. They have issued 4,729 notices statewide, of which 2,239 were in the MMR.The inspections are part of the state government’s action against commercial passenger vehicle drivers who fail to meet the prescribed Marathi language requirement.The government had earlier announced a month-long drive to assess the working knowledge of Marathi among autorickshaw and taxi drivers. The statewide checking drive began on August 20.(With PTI inputs)
