Bangalore, 11/10: Ola, Uber and Rapido have agreed to stop aggregating autorickshaws across Karnataka starting from Wednesday and failing to keep the word will attract a penalty of Rs 5,000 per vehicle, the Transport Commissioner announced on Tuesday. However, cab services will continue to remain available.
T H M Kumar, who took over the commissionerate recently, said a meeting was held with representatives of the three companies on Tuesday evening. “In the meeting, we told them about the violations and asked them to immediately stop aggregating autorickshaws, which is not covered under the aggregator licence. The companies have agreed to follow our instructions,” he said.
The commissioner’s action came following backlash from the autorickshaw drivers who threatened to gherao Transport Minister B Sriramulu’s residence if the government doesn’t intervene to solve the problem