We missed this earlier. Licensed cab operators in Maharashtra must have vehicles running on clean fuel (unleaded petrol, CNG, Hybrid or electrical power), have separate colour scheme for vehicles and fares prescribed by the government, the state's draft City Taxi Rules say. The rules also say that cabs cannot accept street hails and that vehicles should also have a physical register for feedback. Complete rules can be found here (pdf). The rules state that vehicles operating under All India Tourist Permits (AITP) can only be offered for hire to tourists on time or point to point basis within and outside the state, regulated by the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, which don’t have regulation on fuel type and fare. According to the government, since currently, app based taxis are offering transport services, they ‘blur the distinction between street hail and pre booked for hire taxis.’ Maharashtra City Taxi Rules, 2016 will be proposed for Section 74, sub-section (1) of section 89, section 93, sub-section (1) of section 95 and clause (xxviii) of sub-section (2) of section 96 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) applicable for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and may be extended to other areas. Here’s a lowdown of the most important rules in the draft: Operational infrastructure: - Maintain a fleet of of various types of taxis owned or taken through agreement with taxi permit holders. - Each taxi to have an engine capacity of not less than 980 CC with seating capacity not exceeding 7 including driver,…
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