GUWAHATI: Kamrup District Transport Officer, Rafiqul Mannan and Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority, Bapan Kalita while addressing a press meet on 17th July revealed that strict action will be taken against illegal Ola-Uber cabs.
The District Transport Authority said that only 460 ‘local cabs’ and 1,114 ‘metro cabs’ in Guwahati have permission to run under Ola-Uber aggregator services.
However, it came to light that currently, 10,000 Ola-Uber cabs are operating daily in the city. More than 7,000 cabs are illegally running in Guwahati.
The transport authorities have mentioned that the cabs which run in Guwahati with the mobile apps should attain 'local taxi' permits but most of them are running with 'three-states' permits, which violates Section 66 of the Motor Vehicles Act.