Bike Taxi Services: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is learnt to have verbally agreed to a proposal from the transport department to withdraw the Karnataka Electric Bike Taxi Scheme. Karnataka, officials added, is the first state to have put out an exclusive policy to promote electric bike taxis, but the government has not found the response from platforms encouraging enough.
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It is interesting to note that Assam became the first state in India to now have the nation s first app-based 100% electric and decentralised bike taxi service.
Ola Bike Taxi Bengaluru: Ride-hailing firm Ola has resumed bike-taxi services in Bengaluru with a fleet of electric scooters. Ola s founder and CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal, announced that the e-bike taxi service will use Ola S1 scooters and will be the "lowest cost, very comfortable, and great for the environment." The fare for a 5km ride is INR 25. Ola plans to scale the service across the country and expand to smaller towns. However, the operation of bike-taxis is currently facing opposition and lacks clarity, with autorickshaw unions terming them "illegal.