Online travel agency Yatra will allows its users to order autorickshaws from Jugnoo through a partnership between the companies. Yatra users travelling to Tier II and Tier II cities can now directly place book autos via the Yatra Android and iOS apps, although the company did not mention the names of the cities. According to Jugnoo, this will allow Yatra users will get fixed fares from and avoid getting over-charged. On a first-look, this is nothing but an API integration of Jugnoo’s on-demand services onto Yatra’s app, while the company claims that Yatra users will be provided with an “end-to-end last-mile commuting” to and from railway stations, bus stations, hotels, etc via Jugnoo autos. It is interesting that Yatra has a deal with Jugnoo when it already had acquired rickshaw hailing app mGaadi in June last year. mGaadi has fleets of Boda Bodas (local bike taxis in Africa) and tuk tuks with customers in East Africa and South Asia. mGaadi had earlier piloted prepaid autos in Bangalore in March 2015. There is not much benefit to a Yatra user with just an API integration, since any user can download Jugnoo app and order an auto. But it would make more sense if Yatra provides pre-paid/post-paid Jugnoo auto rides along with travel and holiday packages. MediaNama has written to Jugnoo seeking more clarifications and the cities in which the Jugnoo integration with Yatra is live. A spokesperson from Jugnoo clarified that Jugnoo can be booked via Yatra app in all the cities where Jugnoo is present. "Since Jugnoo…
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