Kolkata: Taxi Rates Application in the city grew up on Wednesday, the day before returning public transportation for people.
Uber, one of the major application taxi aggregators, raised its costs by 15% while other Ola aggregators are also interesting for similar increases in tariff structures because of the fuel costs that continue to increase.
The new tariff structure received by the Uber operator on Wednesday showed that the basic tariff remained unchanged while the distance of the tariff rose from Rs 10 to Rs 14.7 per kilometer.
Time rates or costs for travel time are slightly reduced from Rs 1.58 to Rs 1 per minute.
For example, if someone bought a Uber-Go taxi from Rashbehari to MD Ali Park and a 30-minute duration, new fees will be Rs 225, such as fighting the old tariff of Rs 195.
Although Uber officially did not respond to requests.
Toi, the source said that the increase in diesel prices changed operations that could not be divel and force many taxis to leave the road.
The revision of the cost will bring the taxi back on the road.
However, the Minister of Transportation of Bengal Firhad Judge said, “We have taken a careful letter to the aggregator.
They have taken us operating licenses.
So, they should notify us before raising fees.
We have asked them to meet us.” However, A senior transportation department official said, “current legal framework that allows the operation of the app taxi does not have a lot of space for government intervention.
But new regulations brought immediately in the rules of the Central Motor Vehicle (CMVR) will make them responsible to the Department of Transportation.” Not It’s useful to run a taxi, if we can’t run our family with our income.
But at the time the tariff looks less than fuel costs, “said Gaurav Mahinder, application cabin operator.
Indranil Banerjee, Secretary of the Guild Operator Cabin Online, said,” No one smiled about the rise of tariffs.
New rates only neutralize more fuel effects.
It cannot increase our income.
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