Online cab drivers threaten to go on indefinite strike

Thiruvananthapuram | Monday | 18th March, 2019

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Thiruvananthapuram: Drivers who operate via online cab aggregators have threatened to go on indefinite strike from March 26.Announcing the protest, the joint protest forum of Online Taxi Drivers Union (OTDC) and Kerala Online Drivers Congress (KODC) staged dharnas in front of regional offices of Ola Cabs at Thycaud and Uber Taxi at Kumarapuram here on Monday. Uber or Ola, which acts as a mediator, receive 20% commission and 6% tax, so eventually we get around, Rs 3,200-3,500. Since we need to spend around Rs 2,000 on diesel, what we finally get is around Rs 1,000. Uber then joined many car deals and began attracting people to buy cars to ride at discounted prices. “Earlier we used to have promotional offers like 12 trip and 15 trip incentives..