The Karnataka authorities on Tuesday stated a penalty of ₹5,000 per car could be imposed app-based experience aggregators in the event that they continued to supply auto rickshaw rides in Bengaluru. This comes 4 days after the transport division stated the companies had been ‘unlawful’ as a result of aggregators had been overcharging the shoppers and requested the aggregators to delete such choices.
In the meantime, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai spoke to the transport commissioner concerning this problem and directed that no aggregator ought to function with out required paperwork, information company PTI stated. Talking to reporters, transport commissioner THM Kumar stated, “The division will write to cyber division to cease auto rickshaw companies as a result of we can not do it instantly… We is not going to take motion in opposition to the autorickshaws however solely the taxi aggregators will probably be fined. We are going to effective the corporate ₹5,000 per car.”
In response to media reviews, the town’s Autorickshaw Drivers Union will launch the Namma Yatri app on November 1, that permits reserving of autos on-line. The ARDU has partnered with the Beckn Basis, which is backed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani.
State motion in opposition to aggregators providing auto rickshaw rides as an possibility got here after many commuters complained about exorbitant fares quoted by the auto drivers. The passengers additionally allege that the meters weren’t getting used.