Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- After suspending the licences of private cab aggregators - Ola, InDrive, Uber and Rapido - over non-compliance of norms, the UT administration is set to formally launch the government-backed Bharat Taxi service as an alternative for cab users.

According to a rough estimate, Chandigarh has nearly 1 lakh daily cab users who use ride-hailing services to get to work, college, airport, railway station and other regular travel.

UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria will be the chief guest at the event while Union ministers of state (MoS) for cooperation and civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol and MoS for cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar will also be present. After the digital inauguration, a ceremonial flag-off of the Bharat T...