Bike taxis that facilitate sharing of pillion seats in bikes should not permitted to function in Tamil Nadu. Two -wheelers can’t be used for business functions, the Public Data Officer within the Commissionerate of Transport mentioned in response to an RTI filed by an applicant.
Presently, bike taxi permits should not issued in Tamil Nadu. Additional, two-wheelers should not permitted to be operated for business functions within the State, the official mentioned in response to the RTI on furnishing particulars of motorbike taxi permits within the State.
Nevertheless, bike taxi aggregators like Rapido are working within the State based mostly on a judgement given by the Madras Excessive Court docket in August 2021. A Division Bench then stayed the operation of an order handed by a single choose restraining Hyderabad-based Roppen Transportation Companies from working their cellular app Rapido in Tamil Nadu till the State authorities frames rules for companies reminiscent of carpooling, bike taxi and name taxi.
The Centre, later in August final yr, issued a notification amending the Motor Automobile Act to permit the usage of all sorts of two-wheelers, together with electrical autos as transport autos. Nevertheless, the State authorities is but to legalise bike taxis
To a query in RTI about whether or not utilization of two-wheeler for supply/business objective and as bike taxis through apps want any allow from the transport division or any division, the official responded that there isn’t a such permission given.
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Could 07, 2022