Experience-hailing service suppliers Ola and Uber have utilized to the Maharashtra authorities for aggregator licences, a Regional Transport Workplace (RTO) official stated right here on Friday.
Units of pointers introduced out by the Centre and the Maharashtra authorities mandate such app-based firms to acquire a licence. At present, the federal government can not effectively take motion in case of violations by these operators and a licence may change that state of affairs.
Appearing on a directive of the Supreme Court docket, the ride-hailing service corporations have utilized for aggregator licences at Mumbai’s Tardeo RTO, which has jurisdiction over all the island metropolis, the official stated.
Bharat Kalaskar, regional transport officer from Tardeo RTO, informed PTI that they acquired purposes from Ola and Uber for aggregator licences 3-4 days in the past.
The purposes are underneath scrutiny and shall be subsequently put as much as the Mumbai Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (MMRTA) for a closing choice about granting the licence, he stated.
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 properly inside the deadline set by the apex courtroom,” stated the spokesperson.
