Sad News Rapido suspends bike taxi services in Maharashtra under High Court order

[Esmail]

The Bombay High Court has directed bike-taxi aggregator Rapido to suspend all its services in Maharashtra after the company failed to disclose material facts that it does not have license to operate and has been operating illegally.

The bike-taxi aggregator has agreed to shut all its services by 1 pm today. This includes 2-wheeler passenger service, 2-wheeler parcel service and auto service. The ban will be in place till January 20.

Rapido to suspend all services in Maharashtra

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday rapped the Maharashtra government for its uncertainty on framing a policy permitting bike taxis in the state, and said it has to clarify its stand one way or the other.

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[Aksgr]

The Bombay High Court has directed bike-taxi aggregator Rapido to suspend all its services in Maharashtra after the company failed to disclose material facts that it does not have license to operate and has been operating illegally.

The bike-taxi aggregator has agreed to shut all its services by 1 pm today. This includes 2-wheeler passenger service, 2-wheeler parcel service and auto service. The ban will be in place till January 20.

Rapido to suspend all services in Maharashtra

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday rapped the Maharashtra government for its uncertainty on framing a policy permitting bike taxis in the state, and said it has to clarify its stand one way or the other.

m.economictimes.com

It was the only cheapest one left .

 

[Esmail]

It was the only cheapest one left .

It's all due to the Autorickshaw and Taxi unions having political connections and the government playing vote-bank politics. The highcourt had clearly questioned the state government as to why it has not considered the potential of issuing bike taxi aggregator license yet, even though it is clearly a good alternative for regular cabs for solo travelers and would help reducing traffic and pollution.

 

[rohitvatsa]

It's all due to the Autorickshaw and Taxi unions having political connections and the government playing vote-bank politics. The highcourt had clearly questioned the state government as to why it has not considered the potential of issuing bike taxi aggregator license yet, even though it is clearly a good alternative for regular cabs for solo travelers and would help reducing traffic and pollution.

Absolutely these auto wallah chaps vote en masse as directed by their union whereas the middle class fools only fight over twitter and on election day travel to a hill station to chill.

 

[Esmail]

Absolutely these auto wallah chaps vote en masse as directed by their union whereas the middle class fools only fight over twitter and on election day travel to a hill station to chill.

Autos will not agree to go by the meter and will demand higher price and return fares to take you to locations where buses don't go. They don't want you to have an alternative in the form of bike taxi so that they can continue to extort you.
And Maharashtra Chief Minister was an Autorickshaw driver himself so we all know who is going to win in this battle

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[rohitvatsa]

Autos will not agree to go by the meter and will demand higher price and return fares to take you to locations where buses don't go. They don't want you to have an alternative in the form of bike taxi so that they can continue to extort you.
And Maharashtra Chief Minister was an Autorickshaw driver himself so we all know who is going to win in this battle

Even the Uber and Ola's have broken the thuggery of Auto Drivers to a large extent.Gone are the days when the Auto Drivers would drop you on main road if your home is little inside.