Chandigarh : Cab union president Amandeep Singh mentioned their calls for remained unmet regardless of the Chandigarh administration suspending the licences of two cab aggregators for six months, because the drivers’ protest entered its one centesimal day.
Singh mentioned the drivers’ union had been urgent for insurance coverage and different amenities promised beneath the foundations framed for the aggregators. He mentioned the drivers had been struggling for medical insurance coverage for almost a 12 months and three months.
“As we speak is the one centesimal day of our sit-in protest, and it’s the sixteenth day of our starvation strike. Our battle isn’t over, nor have our calls for been met as a result of neither has the 6 lakh medical insurance coverage occurred, nor the ten lakh time period insurance coverage, nor have their workplaces opened in Chandigarh, nor have they develop into 24*7,” Singh mentioned.
The union president mentioned the drivers had repeatedly approached the Chandigarh administration looking for motion over alleged violations of the foundations by the cab aggregators. He mentioned the union wished motion in opposition to the aggregators and demanded that their companies not function in Chandigarh.
The Chandigarh administration on Tuesday suspended the aggregator licences of two cab aggregators for six months with rapid impact, citing failure to adjust to provisions of the Chandigarh Aggregator Coverage, 2025. In accordance with the order issued by the administration, the businesses had been served a number of notices relating to regulatory compliance however failed to offer the required paperwork or passable responses.
The administration additionally cited complaints relating to the operation of non-commercial autos and breaches of different prescribed provisions. The motion got here after an analogous suspension of one other cab aggregator’s licence and amid a protest by cab and taxi drivers that has continued for almost 100 days. Driver unions had additionally noticed a 15-day starvation strike.
Singh thanked the Chandigarh administration for taking motion in opposition to the aggregators, saying the union had repeatedly sought enforcement of the foundations. “We wish motion to be taken in opposition to Uber and Rapido, and we wish their service to not run in Chandigarh….. We thank the Chandigarh administration that you just got here; you could have suspended the licenses of 4 firms in 4 months, so thanks,” he mentioned.
