KADAPA: Lives of auto-rickshaw chauffeurs have been severely threatened by the 2nd wave of Coronavirus.

They had actually been devastated during the very first wave of Covid-19 itself, but breathed a sigh of relief after lockdown was unwinded and later on eliminated.

But the second wave of the virus has pressed them back into serious financial difficulties.According to transportation department authorities, there have to do with 28,000 vehicle rickshaws plying in Kadapa district; 8,645 of them in Kadapa city alone and the rest in Rajampet, Train Kodur, Badvel, Rayachoti, Jammalamadugu, Mydukur, Pulivendula and Proddatur constituencies.Most villagers have auto rickshaws as the very best alternative for taking a trip to neighboring villages.

Extended curfew in wake of second wave indicates there is traffic between villages or from villages to towns only between 6 a.m.

and 12 noon.

Due to fear of contracting Coronavirus, individuals are preventing automobile rickshaws too.

Without any earnings, auto drivers are discovering it difficult to even pay the rent for their lorries.

Nearly 40 percent of drivers plying car rickshaws in the district take them on rent.Sheikh Moulana, a car rickshaw worker in Kadapa, states he utilized to make Rs.

800 to Rs.

1,000 just if he worked throughout the day and night.

As they are now plying autos only from 6 a.m.

to 12 twelve noon, he is discovering it difficult to get even Rs.

300 to Rs.

400, as individuals are not come out like in the past.

Sheikh Moulana states after paying rent to automobile owner and bearing gas costs, he is hardly left with any cash.

Staying in leased homes is making life even more tough, he rued.Auto-rickshaw workers in Railway Koduru, Rajampet, Kadapa, Jammalamadugu and other towns stay in rented homes before going back to their villages with their earnings.

Raja Naik, another car motorist, states he is facing severe financial difficulties.

Is Janardhan from Chennur who states it is challenging to manage his family after paying for lease and for diesel, especially as rates of vital products too have actually risen.