Bengaluru: Toning down their outright opposition to bike-taxis, the town’s autorickshaw and taxi drivers mentioned on Monday they’re solely in opposition to petrol-run bike-taxis. They have been talking at a gathering referred to as by transport minister B Sriramulu on Monday. Sriramulu mentioned a call on bike-taxis shall be taken in per week.
Tanveer Pasha, president of Ola Uber Drivers and Owners Association, mentioned: “The transport department has already formulated a policy that allows only electric bike-taxis in the city. But Rapido has been running petrol-run bike-taxis illegally. We are opposing whiteboard two-wheelers being used as bike-taxis.”
He alleged that each Ola and Uber have been operating cabs with out licence. “The government should either register all taxis under Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation or start an app-based cab service like the one operated by Goa government,” he mentioned.
Ok Radhakrishna Holla, president of Karnataka State Travel Owners Association, mentioned: “Personal vehicles being used for bike-taxis and carpooling is illegal. Instead of petrol-run bikes, they should allow only electric bike-taxis.”
He mentioned the federal government ought to block Rapido’s URL. “If there is an untoward incident or assault against women in bike-taxis, who will be responsible?” he requested.
Hundreds of bikes connected to Rapido have been seized by the authorities for working with out permission. Rapido has been working non-electric bike-taxis within the metropolis since 2016, and the app-based two-wheeler rental agency Bounce has expressed curiosity in working electrical bike-taxis. According to Karnataka Electric Bike-Taxi Scheme-2021, permits shall be given to brokers/canvassers and people. The distance from origin and vacation spot of a visit shouldn’t be greater than 10km. The licensee ought to cost a flat fare in two slabs: as much as 5km and for 5-10km.
L Hemantha Kumar, extra commissioner for transport, mentioned: “We had written to the Centre to block the URL of Rapido for illegally operating petrol-run bike-taxis. But the Centre said they cannot do it unless there is a threat to national security. We will take a decision on Rapido as per the high court order. We are processing the application filed by Bounce to run electric bike-taxis. We are hoping more operators will come forward to run such bike-taxis in the city for last-mile connectivity.”
Tanveer Pasha, president of Ola Uber Drivers and Owners Association, mentioned: “The transport department has already formulated a policy that allows only electric bike-taxis in the city. But Rapido has been running petrol-run bike-taxis illegally. We are opposing whiteboard two-wheelers being used as bike-taxis.”
He alleged that each Ola and Uber have been operating cabs with out licence. “The government should either register all taxis under Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation or start an app-based cab service like the one operated by Goa government,” he mentioned.
Ok Radhakrishna Holla, president of Karnataka State Travel Owners Association, mentioned: “Personal vehicles being used for bike-taxis and carpooling is illegal. Instead of petrol-run bikes, they should allow only electric bike-taxis.”
He mentioned the federal government ought to block Rapido’s URL. “If there is an untoward incident or assault against women in bike-taxis, who will be responsible?” he requested.
Hundreds of bikes connected to Rapido have been seized by the authorities for working with out permission. Rapido has been working non-electric bike-taxis within the metropolis since 2016, and the app-based two-wheeler rental agency Bounce has expressed curiosity in working electrical bike-taxis. According to Karnataka Electric Bike-Taxi Scheme-2021, permits shall be given to brokers/canvassers and people. The distance from origin and vacation spot of a visit shouldn’t be greater than 10km. The licensee ought to cost a flat fare in two slabs: as much as 5km and for 5-10km.
L Hemantha Kumar, extra commissioner for transport, mentioned: “We had written to the Centre to block the URL of Rapido for illegally operating petrol-run bike-taxis. But the Centre said they cannot do it unless there is a threat to national security. We will take a decision on Rapido as per the high court order. We are processing the application filed by Bounce to run electric bike-taxis. We are hoping more operators will come forward to run such bike-taxis in the city for last-mile connectivity.”