Maharashtra to decide on Ola, Uber, Rapido bike taxis after 36 police cases registered

Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said the state transport authority will take a decision about bike taxi aggregators violating rules, and said his department has so far filed 36 complaints against the erring operators.

In a video shared by the transport minister’s office after a review meeting held at the ministry in the wake of the alleged molestation of a woman passenger by a bike taxi rider in Kalyan town in Thane district, Sarnaik said the aggregators had failed to follow the rules even after obtaining permission.

After cabinet approval, the transport department had issued temporary licenses to bike taxi aggregators like Ola, Uber and Rapido. The companies had also demonstrated their bike taxis in front of the department.

He said that the State Transport Authority headed by the Transport Secretary will take a decision on this within two days.

Sarnaik said, “If the rules made by the state government regarding bike taxis are not followed, then it will have to take appropriate decisions regarding them and I have given instructions in this regard.”

The Transport Minister said that despite e-bikes being made mandatory under the Maharashtra Bike Taxi Rules, 2025, companies are using petrol-powered bikes on the roads.

He further said that recently a passenger died in an accident with a bike taxi of an aggregator, while a rider belonging to another aggregator molested a woman passenger in Kalyan.

Sarnaik said that so far the transport department has filed 36 police complaints against bike taxi aggregators.