Big News: Ban on bike taxis! Following Delhi, this city may outlaw bike taxis; why?
In response to claims that privately owned numbered bikes were being used as taxis, the decision was made to run the campaign. A bike taxi is required by law to have a commercial registration and a number plate that is yellow in colour.
In Delhi. Another city in the National Capital Region (NCR), Noida, may ban bike taxis after Delhi. The district administration has begun making plans in this regard. The transportation department intends to start a campaign to inspect authorised bike taxis in the city and its environs.
According to data from the transport department, the district has 2,446 legally registered bike taxis. In response to claims that privately owned numbered bikes were being used as taxis, the decision was made to run the campaign.
A bike taxi is required by law to have a commercial registration and a number plate that is yellow in colour. times economics Report Siyaram Verma, an assistant regional transport officer in Gautam Budh Nagar, claimed that there had been numerous complaints about private bikes being used as taxis to the transportation department. "The Transport Department is going to open a campaign to target these commercially active vehicles, he said.
Delhi has a ban on bike taxis
Due to similar concerns, the Delhi government earlier on February 21 banned bike taxis from the nation's capital. According to the Delhi Transport Department, the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 prohibits the use of two-wheelers with non-transport (private) registered numbers for passenger transportation. The Supreme Court turned down a bike taxi aggregator's request for relief from the Maharashtra government's refusal to grant it a licence earlier last month.
This could result in the closure of bike taxis
The Noida Auto Drivers Union recently filed a complaint with the transportation department, claiming that the use of personal bikes as taxis was hurting their business. The president of the Noida CNG Auto Drivers Association, Chaudhary Om Prakash Gurjar, stated: "Since bike taxis are an inexpensive mode of transportation.
They are popular choices. As we have seen, some people have begun using their own bicycles as taxis. These bikers accept reservations through mobile apps and wait for passengers outside of several metro stations. This has an impact on our company. It is also forbidden. He also claimed that many of these bike taxis have registrations from places other than Noida.
