- bad condition of taxi drivers
Nagpur. These days cab companies are bent on flouting the rules and regulations. The policy made by the Transport Department is not being followed even half-heartedly. Companies cannot use private number bikes for commercial use under the rule. Despite this, companies are running many private number bikes as taxis. People are traveling on these everyday. If the cab bike of these private numbers gets into an accident, then the victim will not even get the insurance claim.
Due to this, the government is facing a loss of revenue every month. At the same time, the condition of the four wheeler taxi drivers associated with the company is poor. Due to the lack of attention by the companies, the taxi drivers appealed to everyone from the Union Minister to the Guardian Minister, the Mayor, the Transport Department for the deteriorating condition, but even after this, they are not being taken care of in any way.
Bike snatched employment with private taxis
Taxi union member Deepak Sane said that Ola-Uber taxi drivers are troubled for the last one and a half years. From the administration to the government level, no one is able to solve the problems of 1 lakh taxi drivers of the state. No one is able to get rid of the tyranny of the company. Don’t know why the government and administration are afraid of Ola and Uber company. Today these aggregators have not even taken a license, yet they are drinking our blood indiscriminately. In the last corona epidemic, many people have become unemployed due to the seizure of their vehicles. They have faced starvation. At the same time, the price of diesel is getting hit every day.
Our employment has been snatched away from the bikes kept by the company along with private taxis. Private vehicles are doing taxi business indiscriminately near LIC Chowk. Ignoring the rules being followed by these taxi drivers is not visible to the Transport and Traffic Department. Whereas all these RTO related taxes etc are filled once in 15 years and we taxi drivers have to pay tax every year.
If seen, it is necessary to have a permit to drive a vehicle in cab companies under section 66 (1) of the Motor Vehicle Act. Permit is given to the same vehicle which is registered in RTO in commercial category. In such a situation, vehicles of private number cannot be used for commercial purposes.
3,000 rupees were taken
While starting the business, Ola Uber Company had forced citizens to sell their homes and take loans and do car business by giving tempting lures for 1 to 2 years. Today, lakhs of drivers across the country are being harassed beyond their limits due to these companies. These companies are not even following the law. While attaching the vehicle, Rs 3,000 was taken as security deposit from all the vehicles, for which we are not getting any kind of interest. At the same time, a request has also been made to get permission to take pickup from the railway station, but in no way any solution was found.