Mumbai, October 22: The drivers of Ola and Uber cabs are holding a protest today to demand an increase in fares on the back of rising fuel rates. According to a Mumbai Mirror report, the drivers further demand that the bookings should be made only from the Aadhaar-verified numbers of the customers. As a result of the protest, few cabs are expected to remain off-roads today. Fuel Rates Marginally Slashed, Petrol in Mumbai at Rs 86.91/Litre & Diesel at Rs 79.22/Litre in Chennai.

Petrol and diesel rates have decreased by around 30 paise today. A litre of petrol in Mumbai is being sold at Rs 86.91 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.30) and diesel is at Rs 78.54 per litre (decrease by 0.28). Petrol & diesel prices in Delhi are Rs 81.44 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.30) and Rs 74.92 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.27), respectively. In Delhi on the other hand, all 400 petrol pumps along with linked CNG dispensing units to remain shut from 6 am today (October 22) to 5 am tomorrow (October 23) in protest against Delhi govt’s refusal to reduce VAT on diesel & petrol in the national capital.

Sunil Borkar, leader of the app-based cab drivers’ union as quoted in the report, said, “Both the companies had given big assurances to drivers, but have failed to make good the promises. The drivers have not been able to recover their losses. The drivers had invested Rs 5-7 lakh and were expecting to make Rs 1 lakh a month. But drivers are unable to make even half of this because of the mismanagement by these companies,’’

The protest is set to take place outside the offices of Uber and Ola at Kurla at 11 am today.

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