With passengers alleging that services provided by the app-based cabs in the city drastically deteriorating, the drivers, on the other hand, have blamed the cab companies for the scenario.
President of All Assam Cab Operators Association, Ismail Ali said, “Starting the protest the Ola and Uber taxis will remain off the roads on 7th, 8th and 9th May.”
He said that the association has, many a time, written to Uber and Ola to resolve the grievances of the drivers but has never got a positive response. So a massive stir will start on 7th May.
Another driver and member of the association, Ibrahim Ali, said that the protest will continue intensifying unless a solution is derived.
The drivers do not get the kind of incentives they used to before and with other problems being added, they are not being able to provide proper services to the passengers.
After the protest on 7th, 8th and 9th May, the association is mulling another protest where the association will take some tough decisions. The protest, which will be organised after 9th May might also be a “violent” one, said an Uber driver.