People living in Chennai and Kolkatta should be
familiar with the concept of share autos. The auto drivers have fixed rates. If
you get down anywhere in a stretch of five kilometres, you have to pay four
rupees, after 9 P.M. at night the fare is five rupees. This fare system works
on the Udhayam theatre to Guindy route. One day as I travel by these share
autos, I thought of the life these auto drivers lead.
A look at their life:
One should have finished tenth standard and started driving an auto. Just think after taking a look at these calculations. For an average student who does not study engineering, law or medicine, but some arts, science or commerce course, the fees from nursery to college graduation would range between 7 and 12 lakhs depending on the city and the institution that the student studied in, if its engineering, well then add another 3 or 4 lakhs to that number.
Suppose you own a share auto, assuming that you have taken a loan from a bank to buy the auto, then this is how the balance sheet will appear:
Monthly payment to bank-Rs 4000 (for 3 years).
Monthly petrol expenses-Rs 4000 to Rs 5000.
Monthly maintenance expenses-Rs 1000.
Monthly mamool(bribe) to the traffic police-Rs 1000 to Rs 2000.
Assuming that you ply the share auto on the Guindy to Udhayam route from morning 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. at night seven days a week, you should be able to make thirty to forty trips a day. On each trip (one way) on an average at least 15 people travel by the auto. So 15 multiplied by 4 equals to 60 rupees for one trip, a two way trip gets Rs 120. So, forty trips a day gets Rs 4800 a day.I will keep the figure to Rs 4000 for easy calculation. So at the end of a month the auto driver earns Rs 4000 multiplied by 30, that equals to Rs 120000.
If I assume that all the auto-related expenses cost Rs 15000 a month, even then he earns about a lakh of rupees every month. Much more than many IT engineers and seasoned BPO executives. Assuming that he drives a hired vehicle and pay Rs 1000 to 1500 as daily rent, then it comes around Rs 50000 to Rs 60000 a month.
There is also an added advantage of being an auto driver. Great heroes like Rajini and Vijay have acted as auto drivers. Then I could have worn khaki shirts and moved about in Rajini style singing "Auto kaaran, auto kaaran, naan naalu terinja rouute kaaran."
That is life I guess having all the adventures on the road!!!!
A look at their life:
One should have finished tenth standard and started driving an auto. Just think after taking a look at these calculations. For an average student who does not study engineering, law or medicine, but some arts, science or commerce course, the fees from nursery to college graduation would range between 7 and 12 lakhs depending on the city and the institution that the student studied in, if its engineering, well then add another 3 or 4 lakhs to that number.
Suppose you own a share auto, assuming that you have taken a loan from a bank to buy the auto, then this is how the balance sheet will appear:
Monthly payment to bank-Rs 4000 (for 3 years).
Monthly petrol expenses-Rs 4000 to Rs 5000.
Monthly maintenance expenses-Rs 1000.
Monthly mamool(bribe) to the traffic police-Rs 1000 to Rs 2000.
Assuming that you ply the share auto on the Guindy to Udhayam route from morning 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. at night seven days a week, you should be able to make thirty to forty trips a day. On each trip (one way) on an average at least 15 people travel by the auto. So 15 multiplied by 4 equals to 60 rupees for one trip, a two way trip gets Rs 120. So, forty trips a day gets Rs 4800 a day.I will keep the figure to Rs 4000 for easy calculation. So at the end of a month the auto driver earns Rs 4000 multiplied by 30, that equals to Rs 120000.
If I assume that all the auto-related expenses cost Rs 15000 a month, even then he earns about a lakh of rupees every month. Much more than many IT engineers and seasoned BPO executives. Assuming that he drives a hired vehicle and pay Rs 1000 to 1500 as daily rent, then it comes around Rs 50000 to Rs 60000 a month.
There is also an added advantage of being an auto driver. Great heroes like Rajini and Vijay have acted as auto drivers. Then I could have worn khaki shirts and moved about in Rajini style singing "Auto kaaran, auto kaaran, naan naalu terinja rouute kaaran."
That is life I guess having all the adventures on the road!!!!
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