{"id":28800,"date":"2016-10-29T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=28800"},"modified":"2016-10-29T05:00:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:00:21","slug":"paytm-ceo-uses-rickshaw-reach-cm-akhilesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/paytm-ceo-uses-rickshaw-reach-cm-akhilesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Paytm CEO uses rickshaw to reach CM Akhilesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like Hyderabad, Lucknow is also having problem with traffic jams. The metro rail works going on in Hyderabad, have spoiled the roads very badly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is causing lot of hardships to the commuters in Hyderabad. People with 4 wheelers are having lot of trouble these days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unending traffic jams in Lucknow may be leaving the local residents irritated and angry but for Maniram, a rickshaw puller, it has brought a windfall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28801\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9530_akhilesh-yadav.jpg\" alt=\"akhilesh-yadav\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9530_akhilesh-yadav.jpg 790w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9530_akhilesh-yadav-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9530_akhilesh-yadav-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the CEO of a mobile commerce platform, was one of the recipients of the Yash Bharti award <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_254498863\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>. Hours later, he was scheduled to meet Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, at the latter\u2019s official residence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As he made his way to the CM\u2019s residence, his car was caught in a traffic jam. The CEO got down from his car and hired a rickshaw. Since the security officials at Mr Akhilesh\u2019s residence had been asked to allow the \u2018guest\u2019 to arrive in his vehicle, the rickshaw was allowed inside the CM\u2019s residence. The Chief Minister, who welcomed the CEO, was surprised to see him come in a rickshaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Akhilesh spoke to Maniram, who belongs to Rae Bareli, about his family, children and home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_1273922847656869061gmail-inarticle_wrapper_div\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0About a half an hour later when the rickshaw puller rode out of the CM\u2019s residence, he was the owner of a new e-rickshaw, had Rs 6,000 cash in his pocket, approval for a Samajwadi pension for his wife and a Lohia house in Lucknow.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28802\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paytm-CEO-Vijay-Shekhar-Sharma-takes-a-cycle-rickshaw-ride-to-meet-UP-CM-Akhilesh-Yadav-because-of-traffic-jam-indialivetoday.jpg\" alt=\"Paytm-CEO-Vijay-Shekhar-Sharma-takes-a-cycle-rickshaw-ride-to-meet-UP-CM-Akhilesh-Yadav-because-of-traffic-jam-indialivetoday\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paytm-CEO-Vijay-Shekhar-Sharma-takes-a-cycle-rickshaw-ride-to-meet-UP-CM-Akhilesh-Yadav-because-of-traffic-jam-indialivetoday.jpg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paytm-CEO-Vijay-Shekhar-Sharma-takes-a-cycle-rickshaw-ride-to-meet-UP-CM-Akhilesh-Yadav-because-of-traffic-jam-indialivetoday-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis Diwali has changed my life for me and my family. All our blessings are for the Chief Minister and his family for helping me so much\u201d, he told security men posted outside Mr Akhilesh\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even in Hyderabad people are having a tough time in reaching their destinations. The roads are filled with dust all the time. Some of them have stopped using 4 wheelers during office timings and getting dropped by 2 wheelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Hyderabad, Lucknow is also having problem with traffic jams. The metro rail works going on in Hyderabad, have spoiled the roads very badly. This is causing lot of hardships to the commuters in Hyderabad. People with 4 wheelers are having lot of trouble these days. 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