Karnataka Rajya Chalakara Parishath and Agnibhu Technologies introduced the Nagara Metered Auto app, offering government-set fares without surge pricing, benefiting both passengers and drivers. The app competes with Namma Yatri, and the Karnataka government s ride-hailing app is expected by February 2024.
The chief minister promptly directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities to look into the matter. The then engineer-in-chief of the BBMP wrote a letter to the then additional commissioner of police (traffic) on December 20, 2012 to start a prepaid auto counter at Anand Rao Circle and one more at Yeshwantpur Railway Station as per the representation forwarded by the chief minister’s office.
As of February 29, 2024, 1,351 cases have been registered for refusal to go for hire by Bangalore Traffic Police. The cases constitute nearly 87.89 per cent of last year’s cases. In 2023, cases dropped by around 29% with 1,537 cases registered as against 2,183 cases registered in 2022.
“We appreciate the state government for banning electric bike taxi services in the state. The state government had issued licences to operate electric bike taxis without taking auto rickshaw drivers into confidence. It affected many auto rickshaw drivers,’’ said Adarsha Auto and Cab Drivers’ Association general secretary C Sampath.
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