Online taxi services such as Ola and Uber to be banned in Lonavala

Addressing the concerns of section residents, the Maharashtra government, nether the enactment of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, has announced a implicit prohibition connected online taxi services specified arsenic Ola and Uber successful Lonavala.

This determination was taken during a high-level reappraisal gathering held connected Tuesday (August 20), astatine the Ministry to sermon assorted issues facing Lonavala city

Under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister of the authorities and Guardian Minister of Pune territory Ajit Pawar, a reappraisal gathering was held connected Tuesday (August 20) regarding assorted problems successful the metropolis of Lonavla. Last week connected Friday (August 16) successful a dialog gathering held successful Lonavla city, Ajit Pawar promised to clasp a peculiar gathering regarding the problems successful the city. Accordingly, this gathering was concluded successful the ministry connected Tuesday (August 20). In the said gathering galore important decisions were taken for Lonavala-Khandala city.

Online taxis (Ola/Uber etc.) person been wholly banned from doing concern successful Lonavla metropolis and Ajit Pawar gave instructions successful this respect successful the meeting. So the section rickshaw and taxi drivers of Lonavala metropolis person got relief. Also, their request for galore years has been successful.

A associated gathering with Lonavala Khandala Taxi Drivers-Owners Association was held contiguous (August 30) astatine Kumar Resort.

In a gathering (August 20) held successful Mumbai nether the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Ola Uber has been banned from doing concern successful Lonavala city. Following the order, an important associated gathering of the officials of the Pune District Transport Department and section rickshaw, taxi drivers, representatives, grandmothers and erstwhile bureau bearers was held.
"Lakhs of tourists travel present each day. But online transport companies are taking distant the jobs of the locals. As per the directions fixed by respected Ajit dada successful the meeting, this transport work should beryllium stopped successful Lonavala. The Pune Regional Transport Office and the territory collector had denied licences to companies similar Ola and Uber arsenic they did not conscionable the requirements and rules for an aggregator licence. Similarly, the RTO officials should instrumentality attraction that this postulation volition beryllium closed permanently successful Lonavala city. We are ever trying to guarantee that nary 1 takes distant the rightful employment of our section sons of the soil. Taxis and rickshaws of our section sons of the ungraded volition beryllium acceptable to supply amended work to the tourists, "Manogat said. "

Sanjay Mavkar, President of the Taxi Association and different dignitaries of the metropolis were contiguous connected the occasion.