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Banned by the Karnataka government for high surge-pricing, auto aggregators Uber, Ola and Rapido managed to obtain a stay from the High Court.
For commuters, these autorickshaws had offered an alternative to the high rates charged by the unattached autorickshaws.
But why don't the auto meters work anymore? In this episode, DH Radio's Rasheed Kappan speaks to urban mobility expert Ashwin Mahesh, commuter and eco-activist Dattatreya Devare and Adarsh Auto taxi Drivers Union General Secretary C Sampath to get their insights into the whole driver-commuter-aggregator ecosystem.
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