Summary:
Taxi drivers are having a poor market post lockdown in Chennai despite the government allowed the resumption of taxi services since pst two months.
The demand for cab services continues to remain around 30 to 40 per cent, putting several thousands of drivers and their families in distress.
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Taxi drivers are having a poor market post lockdown in Chennai despite the government allowed the resumption of taxi services since pst two months.
The demand for cab services continues to remain around 30 to 40 per cent, putting several thousands of drivers and their families in distress.
Kannan says there was a small surge in the bookings in the first week of November thanks to the Deepavali season.
“However, it has now gone back to what it used to be during September.
Apart from the fear of virus transmission, the travel pattern itself seems to have changed drastically,” he adds.
The poor patronage is being attributed to the closure of IT companies that had earlier contributed nearly 40 per cent to the business.
Also sharing the blame are the restrictions imposed on hotels, beaches, theatres, etc.
Around 45,000 call taxis ply in the city, of which about 32,000 are operated through cab aggregators such as Ola and Uber.