A set of photos commuting using a taxi by bike in Bengalur. | PHOTO CREDIT: SUDHAKARA JAIN
After rejecting the Supreme Court in Karnataka, to keep the order of suspension of taxi services, service providers should stop their services from 16 June 2025 (today). Since Monday morning, however, several aggregators continued to operate bike taxis and commuting on two -wheel wheels in Bengalur.
The Uber and OLA wheel taxi services were functional, while another aggregator, Rapido, inserted a message in its application, which said “Starting June 16, 2025, our Taxi services for bicycles in Karnataka will be suspended in accordance with recent commands.” “He also said,” We are going through the way forward with the government to return our favorite taxis by bike soon. “
Although the transport department is ready to take steps against bikes, thousands of commuters lamented the stopping of affordable transport services. While the bike taxis were available, the waiting time was relatively high in the morning because the number of wheels was thin.
“For the first time, the government has banned cars to lay cars and now bike taxis. I am strongly dependent on these taxis for connectivity to the last mile of my house in Malleshwaam.
The riders write to Siddaramaiaha, Rahul Gandhi
On June 15, the day before the ban, the Namma Bike Taxi Association, a bike rider in Bengalur, was written to the main Minister Karnataka Siddarahaiaha and the leader of the congress Rahul Gandhi, who asked them for a sustainable solution instead of a night ban.
“More than 1,00,000 workers in BENGALUR and across Karnataka are losing our right to earn and feed our families due to a blanket ban on a bike. As their collective voice, it is attracted to stop this ban and help us earn our daily bread with dignity, we are others that That we are others, after something we were not, and what we were not on availability.
Published – 16 June 2025 12:53
