An easy and money-saving hack carpooling is now can land you in soup, as the Bengaluru government has banned the activity and the use of platforms that offer the same.
As per the details shared by the transport department, those who will be caught using a private vehicle for commercial purposes through applications like Quick Ride and Bla Bla Cars will face heavy challans of Rs 10,000, cancellation of their car registration, or both.
Cab Driver on Carpooling
The strict decision has been taken by Bengaluru’s transport department after getting tons of complaints from the local taxi drivers. While raising concern in the matter, the cab driver highlighted that these carpooling mobile application is killing the business as people have started using private vehicles with white number plates for commercial purpose, which is completely wrong and not acceptable even on legal terms.
Here’s How Top Official Reacted About Carpooling
Reacting to the new rule and carpooling activity in the city, Additional Commissioner for Transport (Enforcement), Malikarju C said that private vehicles can not be used for commercial purposes. if anyone is found violating the rule, they may end up facing serious penalties or authorities will cancel their registration certificate for six months, Malikarju added.
Despite introducing heavy challans and other punishments, the public in Bengaluru still finds the carpooling apps a convenient way of traveling as it costs less, makes their commute easy, and provides them a big relief from traffic.
