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authorities order notified that the 2021 Karnataka Electrical Bike Taxi Scheme has now been withdrawn. (Consultant picture)
It has come to our discover that sure non-public app-based companies are violating the Motor Autos Act and its guidelines and operating unlawful non-transport two-wheelers because the transport autos, a authorities order learn.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Authorities has banned operation of electrical bike taxi providers within the state after they had been discovered to be “unsafe for girls” and being carried out in violation of Motor Autos Act. A authorities order notified that the 2021 Karnataka Electrical Bike Taxi Scheme has now been withdrawn.
It has come to our discover that sure non-public app-based companies are violating the Motor Autos Act and its guidelines and operating unlawful non-transport two-wheelers because the transport autos, it mentioned.
It additionally mentioned there have been typically clashes between the house owners and drivers of auto rickshaws and “maxi cabs” with the bike riders and circumstances had been additionally registered. The scheme additionally made it troublesome for the transport division to gather taxes. Additional, to keep up legislation and order and maintaining in thoughts the protection of girls travelling on two-wheeler bike taxis, the federal government has cancelled the scheme, the notification said.
President of the Ola Uber Drivers and Homeowners Affiliation, Tanveer Pasha, welcomed the choice and mentioned the then BJP authorities had in 2021 given permission to electrical bike taxis in Bengaluru. Despite our opposition, the permission was not withdrawn. We had been agitating towards this and even tried to elucidate to the federal government in regards to the affect of this permission on auto and taxi drivers’ life, he mentioned.
