Nearly six months after the Transport Department raided the offices of cab companies in Bengaluru for violating norms for operating city cabs, all of them continue to operate.
This, even as the Centre announced it is considering a proposal to ban mobile phone applications used by cab aggregators.
The State Transport Department, which had raided several companies, laid down a 25-point list of norms for cab aggregators to follow, besides possessing permits to operate cabs in the city. However, cab aggregators Ola, which bought TaxiForSure, and Uber continue to be in operation.
Two weeks ago, Uber had claimed that it was not subject to the Transport Department’s norms since it was not a cab company. Bhavik Rathod, General Manager, Bengaluru, Uber, had said, “Of course, we have an office in the city and it is working. We are a technology company.”
Meanwhile, Transport Commissioner Rame Gowda welcomed the Centre’s proposal to ban the mobile applications. “Currently, there is ambiguity in application of law in dealing with these new age cab aggregators,” another transport official said.
Uber and Ola refused to comment on the proposal to ban their operations.
