Trip-hailing service suppliers Ola and Uber have utilized to the Maharashtra authorities for aggregator licences, a Regional Transport Workplace (RTO) official mentioned right here on Friday.
Units of tips introduced out by the Centre and the Maharashtra authorities mandate such app-based firms to acquire a licence. At the moment, the federal government can not effectively take motion in case of violations by these operators and a licence might change that state of affairs.
Appearing on a directive of the Supreme Court docket, the ride-hailing service companies have utilized for aggregator licences at Mumbai’s Tardeo RTO, which has jurisdiction over all the island metropolis, the official mentioned.
Bharat Kalaskar, regional transport officer from Tardeo RTO, advised PTI that they obtained functions from Ola and Uber for aggregator licences 3-4 days in the past.
The functions are underneath scrutiny and will likely be subsequently put as much as the Mumbai Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (MMRTA) for a closing choice about granting the licence, he mentioned.
Final month, the apex courtroom had directed app-based taxi aggregators to use for a licence by March 6 in the event that they wished to proceed their operations in Maharashtra.
Although Ola didn’t reply to PTI’s queries concerning the appliance, an Uber spokesperson confirmed submission on the RTO.
“Uber has utilized nicely throughout the deadline set by the apex courtroom,” mentioned the spokesperson.
