Taxi strike hits Mumbai commuters

Taxis went off the road to demand a ban on private cab operators such as Uber, Ola and TaxiForSure.

September 02, 2015 04:19 am | Updated April 04, 2016 11:03 pm IST - MUMBAI:

NEW DELHI, 07/05/2010: Radio Taxi service named "YO Cabs", flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit (not in picture) from Delhi Sachivalaya, lined up in New Delhi on May 07, 2010.
Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

NEW DELHI, 07/05/2010: Radio Taxi service named "YO Cabs", flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit (not in picture) from Delhi Sachivalaya, lined up in New Delhi on May 07, 2010. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Commuters in the city were forced to take alternative modes of transport on Tuesday as Mumbai’s iconic ‘black and yellow’ taxis went off the road to demand a ban on private cab operators such as Uber, Ola and TaxiForSure.

The strike hit hard the drivers who live off their daily earnings.

More than 15,000 taxis were estimated to have participated in the strike called by the Swabhiman Taxi-Rickshaw Union (STRU), led by Congress leader Nitesh Rane.

The drivers said the app-based cabs plied at lower fares, thus impacting their business.

Mumbai has 38,000 taxis for a population of 140 lakh.

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