Former autorickshaw driver becomes mayor of Pimpri-Chinchwad in Maharashtra
Will work for upliftment of poor
Mumbai, Aug 05: The story of an autorickshaw driver-turned-mayor, Rahul Jadhav is awe-inspiring. As he was struggling to make ends meet on a salary of Rs 200 ten years ago, life drastically changed in the span of a decade. On Saturday, he was declared the mayor of the city of Pimpri-Chinchwad at the PCMC headquarters in Maharashtra, as per a report by The Indian Express.
The 36-year-old Jadhav wore an attire similar to the one of social reformer Jyotiba Phule during his appointment as the mayor. Life posed new challenges everyday ever since he dropped out of Class 10 in school. “I know the pain of ordinary people like autorickshaw drivers. During my tenure as the mayor, I will work for the upliftment of the poor,” he was quoted as saying by IE.
For five long years, Jadhav drove a six-seater auto rickshaw from 1997 to 2002 in Chikhli, Bhosari and Moshi areas. After rejecting farming as an alternative, he shifted back to driving the autorickshaw to earn his daily living. Soon after, he joined the MNS in 2007. As fate turned quickly, he was elected to the PCMC on an MNS seat.
Earlier in the 2017 civic elections, he parted ways with MNS to join the BJP and was elected from the Jadhavwadi area by a small margin of 3,000 votes, as per the report. The other NCP nominee was way behind Jadhav after the PCMC elections where the mayor was chosen unanimously. Jadhav secured 80 votes while the NCP nominee Vinod Nadhe got 33 votes.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena did not vote. Rahul Jadhav will serve one year as the mayor of the industrial city of Pimpri-Chinchwad. The deputy mayor Sachin Chinchwade who won with 79 votes was also a nominee from BJP. After Jadhav won, he headed to Jadhavwadi, Chikhli as supporters burst firecrackers.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
