Rickshaw body gears for strike as radio cabs enter auto zone

Even as auto-rickshaw unions are crying foul over radio cab operators entering their domain “illegally”, officials from the Ministry of Road Transport say the entry of “service aggregations” in auto-rickshaw platforms (platforms as a service or ‘PaaS’) is not illegal. Auto-rickshaw unions in Pune are getting ready to launch an indefinite agitation against taxis licensed to ferry tourists doubling up as normal radio cabs that serve as a means of public transport in general.