Bengaluru, Aug. 13 -- The Karnataka Transport Department has issued show-cause notices on Tuesday, August 11 to major ride-hailing aggregators Ola, Uber, Rapido and Namma Yatri for allegedly violating government-prescribed fare regulations.

The action follows complaints from taxi and driver associations that passengers were being charged fares higher than those notified by the government in its February 3, 2024 order. The associations alleged that some aggregators were calculating fares based on factors such as travel duration instead of strictly following the notified fare structure.

Driver organisations had raised the issue during a meeting with the Transport Department on August 4 and demanded stringent action against the companies. ...