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Hundreds of autorickshaw drivers and owners took retired an car rally and staged a objection successful Hubballi connected Monday, seeking a prohibition connected online thrust booking mobile applications similar Ola, Uber, Yatri, Rapido, and others successful tier 2 cities and demanding that authorities restrict their usage to lone the State capital.
The autorickshaw drivers and owners gathered astatine Kittur Chennamma Circle archetypal earlier taking retired an autorickshaw rally to Gabbur connected the outskirts of Hubballi, wherever the Regional Transport Office (RTO) is located.
The car drivers and owners were led by Shekharayya Mathapati, president of Uttara Karnataka Auto Rickshaw Drivers Association, and K.M. Santosh, president of Auto Federation.
On reaching the RTO astatine Gabbur, the protestors staged a objection and sit-in earlier the office. They alleged that the online thrust booking applications were taking distant their net and causing them hardships.
They demanded that the applications should beryllium allowed to beryllium utilized lone successful Bengaluru and not successful different towns and cities of the State. They warned of organising ‘Bengaluru Chalo’ if their demands were not met. A memorandum successful this respect was subsequently submitted to the transport authorities.
