Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Issues 331 Notices in Marathi Language Drive
Transport officials in Maharashtra are checking whether autorickshaw and taxi drivers can speak Marathi well enough for their work.
On Monday, they checked many drivers in Mumbai and other parts of the state.
They gave notices to 331 drivers who did not show the required Marathi knowledge.
In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, 139 drivers received notices.
In other parts of Maharashtra, 192 drivers received notices.
The checks began on August 20.
In five days, officials checked more than 35,000 vehicles.
The state says the drive is meant to enforce its Marathi language rule for commercial passenger drivers.
Regional transport offices issued notices to 331 autorickshaw and taxi drivers across Maharashtra on Monday.
Of the 1,392 drivers checked in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, 139 lacked working knowledge of Marathi.
Outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, officials checked 3,415 drivers and issued 192 notices.
Over five days, officials checked 35,190 vehicles statewide and issued 4,729 notices.
The drive targets commercial passenger vehicle drivers who do not meet the state’s Marathi language requirement.
- Who
- Regional transport offices in Maharashtra and autorickshaw and taxi drivers.
- What
- Officials issued 331 notices to drivers who failed to demonstrate working knowledge of Marathi.
- When
- The notices were issued on Monday during a statewide drive that began on August 20; figures cover the past five days.
- Where
- Across Maharashtra, including the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
- Why
- To enforce the state government’s Marathi language requirement for commercial passenger vehicle drivers.
- Monday notices
- 331 notices issued statewide
- Mumbai Metropolitan Region notices
- 139 notices
- Statewide vehicles checked
- 35,190 over five days
- Statewide notices
- 4,729 over five days
- MMR vehicles checked
- 14,399 over five days
- Drive start
- August 20
- Drivers checked Monday
- 1,392 in the MMR and 3,415 elsewhere in Maharashtra