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Minister Announces Mandatory Marathi Requirement for Rickshaw and Taxi Drivers in Maharashtra

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Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Minister of Transport Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday announced that from May 1, Maharashtra Day, it will be mandatory for licensed rickshaw and taxi drivers to know Marathi.​ A licence inspection campaign will be conducted through 59 regional and sub-regional offices of the Motor Transport Department, and it will be verified whether the concerned drivers can read and write Marathi. ​The licences of drivers who do not know Marathi will be cancelled, he added.​Minister Sar…