Delhi Government Transport Department has rejected applications for licence from US-based cab aggregator Uber and Ola and TaxiForSure as the capital does not have a regulatory framework that recognises app-based cabs. The latest move comes from the authorities following fair warnings from part few months.
Top Delhi government officials said the applications of the three taxi aggregators were rejected for not filing undertakings stating they were complying with a ban imposed on them. The three operators had filed the applications under the modified Radio Taxi Scheme introduced five months ago.
“We have continuously been asking Uber, Ola Cabs and TaxiForSure to give an affidavit since March this year, stating that they are complying ban order imposed on them in December last year, but they did not do the same. We have today rejected their applications for licence,” said a top official
Uber was banned in the Indian capital after an Uber driver allegedly raped a female passenger. Other on-demand taxi apps were also denied licenses to operate, including Mumbai-based OlaCabs and Taxi4Sure. Delhi authorities have impounded vehicles and asked India’s federal government to block ride-booking apps in the city. In May, the telecom ministry had asked internet service providers to block the websites of Uber and Ola.
Earlier this week, a driver contracted with Uber was arrested near New Delhi after a woman passenger accused him of sexual harassment when she hailed his cab. The driver was later released on bail.