BENGALURU: In a significant aid to hundreds of Ola customers and drivers throughout Karnataka, the State Transport Authority (STA) on Monday withdrew its determination suspending the cab aggregator’s licence for 6 months.
STA imposed a penalty of Rs 15 lakh on Ola for operating bike taxis in Bengaluru in violation of the Karnataka On-Demand Transportation Technology Aggregator (ODTTP) Rules. While Section three of the principles permits STA to gather fines between Rs five,000 and Rs 10,000 from aggregators, it calculated the penalty in keeping with the selection of bike taxis seized — 252.
Transport commissioner VP Ikkeri stated they levied a most penalty of Rs 15 lakh in lieu of the ban. “We had given the company an aggregator licence to perform cabs but it was running bike taxis mentioning a pilot challenge without taking permission. Ola admitted to its mistake and confident us it received’t get started this type of pilots beyond the licence scope. It agreed to pay the advantageous and practice laws,” he elaborated.
This is the easiest quantity Ola has been fined under the ODTTP Rules. The aggregator stated in a remark: “We are happy that the problem stands resolved and feel sorry about any inconvenience brought about to our driver-partners and passengers since Friday. We sit up for proceed operating with the state to help cope with the challenges of mobility.”
The strikes come after leader minister HD Kumaraswamy and social welfare minister Priyank Kharge promised to resolve the problem. “There was no political interference. STA has quasi-judicial powers and the verdict has been taken bearing in mind the interests of quite a lot of stakeholders, including drivers and passengers,” stated Ikkeri.
In Karnataka, Ola operates in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Ballari, Belagavi and Kalaburagi. STA had issued a understand dated March 18 to ANI Technologies, which operates Ola cabs.
STA imposed a penalty of Rs 15 lakh on Ola for operating bike taxis in Bengaluru in violation of the Karnataka On-Demand Transportation Technology Aggregator (ODTTP) Rules. While Section three of the principles permits STA to gather fines between Rs five,000 and Rs 10,000 from aggregators, it calculated the penalty in keeping with the selection of bike taxis seized — 252.
Transport commissioner VP Ikkeri stated they levied a most penalty of Rs 15 lakh in lieu of the ban. “We had given the company an aggregator licence to perform cabs but it was running bike taxis mentioning a pilot challenge without taking permission. Ola admitted to its mistake and confident us it received’t get started this type of pilots beyond the licence scope. It agreed to pay the advantageous and practice laws,” he elaborated.
This is the easiest quantity Ola has been fined under the ODTTP Rules. The aggregator stated in a remark: “We are happy that the problem stands resolved and feel sorry about any inconvenience brought about to our driver-partners and passengers since Friday. We sit up for proceed operating with the state to help cope with the challenges of mobility.”
The strikes come after leader minister HD Kumaraswamy and social welfare minister Priyank Kharge promised to resolve the problem. “There was no political interference. STA has quasi-judicial powers and the verdict has been taken bearing in mind the interests of quite a lot of stakeholders, including drivers and passengers,” stated Ikkeri.
In Karnataka, Ola operates in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Ballari, Belagavi and Kalaburagi. STA had issued a understand dated March 18 to ANI Technologies, which operates Ola cabs.
K'taka govt imposes Rs 15L fine on Ola, lifts ban
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