<p>The Indore transport department has banned the operation of bike-taxis in Madhya Pradesh's biggest city, citing safety and regulatory concerns, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>This has grounded more than 1,000 such vehicles in the city, he said.</p>.<p>"After an investigation into various complaints about bike-taxis, we found their operation is not safe," regional transport officer Jitendra Raghwanshi said.</p>.<p>"These services were provided through an App and private companies operating it were not providing proper details about their vehicles and drivers to the transport department, which was causing a lot of problems in regulating them," he said.</p>.<p>He said Ola, Rapido and other App-based companies were operating more than 1,000 bike-taxis in the city.</p>.<p>"If anyone in the city is now found running his/her vehicle as bike-taxi, then it will be seized and its registration will be cancelled," the official said.</p>.<p>The transport department found that vehicles registered in other states were being used as bike-taxis in Indore. Even private two-wheelers were being used for commercial purposes as bike-taxis, he said.</p>.<p>The official said after finding these irregularities, the transport department fined bike-taxi drivers and also issued notices to the companies concerned, but they continued to flout rules.</p>
<p>The Indore transport department has banned the operation of bike-taxis in Madhya Pradesh's biggest city, citing safety and regulatory concerns, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>This has grounded more than 1,000 such vehicles in the city, he said.</p>.<p>"After an investigation into various complaints about bike-taxis, we found their operation is not safe," regional transport officer Jitendra Raghwanshi said.</p>.<p>"These services were provided through an App and private companies operating it were not providing proper details about their vehicles and drivers to the transport department, which was causing a lot of problems in regulating them," he said.</p>.<p>He said Ola, Rapido and other App-based companies were operating more than 1,000 bike-taxis in the city.</p>.<p>"If anyone in the city is now found running his/her vehicle as bike-taxi, then it will be seized and its registration will be cancelled," the official said.</p>.<p>The transport department found that vehicles registered in other states were being used as bike-taxis in Indore. Even private two-wheelers were being used for commercial purposes as bike-taxis, he said.</p>.<p>The official said after finding these irregularities, the transport department fined bike-taxi drivers and also issued notices to the companies concerned, but they continued to flout rules.</p>