Update: Zoomcar has clarified in an email to all its registered users that it's operating as normal in Bangalore. "We would like to clarify directly to our members, that Zoomcar is not a taxi operator, provider or aggregator, and has not been banned from operating in Bangalore. We have confirmed this directly with the Karnataka Transport Department." Earlier: Uber, TaxiForSure, Carzonrent and Zoomcar have been banned from operating in Karnataka, after the Home Ministry had issued an advisory to this effect, earlier this week. Olacabs has been allowed to continue its operations in the state, as it apparently registered itself at the Electronics City RTO in Bangalore a few days back. The other taxi operators that have been allowed to continue operations in the state are Meru Cabs, EasyCab, Bangalore Cabs, Megha, Spot City, Rapid and KSTDC. In Karnataka, Uber & Zoomcar operate only in Bangalore, TaxiForSure in Bangalore & Mysore, and Carzonrent in Bangalore, Mysore & Mangalore. Interestingly, Carzonrent has claimed that it has all the necessary licenses, while Zoomcar is not a taxi-hailing service as it rents out self-driven cars. Earlier, Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy had told reporters in Belagavi that they will be banning Uber from Thursday if its not registered with the State government. And Bangalore City Police had also ordered all cab drivers in the city to get themselves verified by December 31. Bengaluru Police Commissioner MN Reddi told theEconomic Times that drivers can apply for verification online by paying Rs 250, following they will verify…
Please subscribe to MediaNama. Don't share prints and PDFs.
You May Also Like
News
Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...
Advert
135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...
News
By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...
News
Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...