Noida: The transport division is planning to conduct a drive to test registered bike taxis within the metropolis and its outskirts.
Information from the transport division reveals there are 2,446 registered bike taxis within the district. The transfer to conduct the drive follows allegations that bikes with personal numbers are getting used as taxis. Based on guidelines, a motorcycle taxi will need to have a industrial registration and bear a yellow quantity plate.
Siyaram Verma, the assistant regional transport officer (administration) in Gautam Budh Nagar, stated that the transport division had acquired many complaints that non-public bikes had been getting used as taxis. “The transport division will conduct a drive and seize such autos concerned in industrial operations,” he added.
A delegation of the Noida auto drivers’ affiliation had not too long ago complained to the transport division, alleging that non-public bikes getting used as taxis had been affecting their enterprise.
“Since bike taxis are an inexpensive mode of transport, many individuals go for them. We’ve got observed that some folks have began utilizing personal bikes as taxis. Such bikers anticipate commuters exterior totally different metro stations and get bookings by cellular apps. That is affecting our enterprise. It is unlawful too,” stated Chaudhury Om Prakash Gurjar, president of the Noida CNG Auto Drivers’ Affiliation.
He additionally alleged that many of those bike taxis had been registered exterior Noida.
On February 21, the Delhi authorities banned bike taxis within the nationwide capital over related points. In a discover, the Delhi transport division stated two-wheelers having non-transport (personal) registration numbers had been getting used to hold passengers in violation of the Motor Car Act, 1988.
Earlier final month, the Supreme Courtroom refused to grant reduction to a motorcycle taxi aggregator in opposition to the Maharashtra authorities’s refusal to grant licence to it.
It had famous that amendments made to the Motor Automobiles Act in 2019 made it clear that aggregators couldn’t function and not using a legitimate licence. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala famous that Pune’s regional transport workplace had rejected its plea for licence on December 21.