More cab services to join Ola-Uber drivers stir

The number of taxis that will be off the road has increased to 1 lakh from 80,000.Association president V. Shiva said other cab owners-cum-drivers had joined with them and from Monday, the protest programmes will reach other districts. 

“A majority of cabs are running in GHMC limits and other district cab drivers are extending their support. We shall hold a state level meeting on Monday to announce our future plans,” he said.

“We have announced our agitations up to January 4, but we will decide the extension of protest programmes on Monday. Till Sunday, we have adopted protest programmes following Gandhigiri,” he said.The association holds that owner-drivers of cabs employed by private services like Uber and Ola are getting a raw deal. 

Cab drivers with the Telangana Cab Drivers and Owners Associa-tion organised protest



programmes at 1,500 locations in the city on Sunday. They removed air from the tyres of cabs that didn’t participate in the strike and explained the reasons for the strike and demands from cab managements.

The protests were held at Kondapur, Gachibowli, BHEL, Chandanagar, Hitec City, Madhapur, Kukat-pally, Moosapet Chow-rasta, Sanathnagar, Balanagar, Secundera-bad, Habsiguda, Uppal, L.B. Nagar, Karman-ghat, Chandrayangut-ta, Aramghar Chow-rasta etc.

Association president V. Shiva said, “We are seeking talks with the managements. We demand that the government take the initiative. Our demands are very genuine. But the managements are making provocative moves against us. Today they announced a new scheme to lure drivers saying they will get Rs 15,000 for every 12 trips in a day. Until we get solutions, we will continue our agitations.”