Ban on Ola, Uber and Rapido bike taxi service in Delhi, heavy fine for breaking rules

The Delhi Transport Department has banned Ola, Uber and Rapido bike taxis and announced heavy fines for violating the ban. Yes, the banning of bike taxi service in Delhi with immediate effect has come as a big blow to Ola, Uber and Rapido as well as thousands of people who used these bike taxi services as their daily commute and were losing money. Used to save Delhi Transport Department has said that according to the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, a fine of Rs 1 lakh will be imposed on platforms like Ola, Uber and Rapido.

Will be fined heavily
The Delhi Transport Department has said in a notice that Ola, Uber and Rapido are using two-wheelers with private registration numbers for commercial operation, which violates the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. In such a situation, if a private bike is used as a taxi service in the near future, then a fine of Rs 5000 will be imposed for the first time and Rs 10,000 for the second time or later. Along with this, the driving license of the driver will be suspended for at least 3 years.

Strong warning to aggregators
The Delhi Transport Department has strongly warned all the aggregators associated with bike taxi service that strict action will be taken against them under the Motor Vehicle Act if they take bookings through their platform, i.e. app or website. Let us tell you that in Maharashtra too, Ola, Uber and Rapido bike taxi service has been banned. Thousands of people will keep an eye on what some big decision can be taken on this in the coming time, because a large number of people are associated with the bike taxi service and the livelihood of lakhs of people depends on them.