New Delhi: A day after the Delhi government banned Uber and some other Web-based cab booking services, the Union home ministry Tuesday asked “all states and Union territories to ban all Web-based taxi service providers without licence”.
Opposing the move, Mr Gadkari said it “does not make sense to ban services”.
He argued, “Train main hua to train band kar de, bus main hua to bus band kar de, taxi main hua to taxi band kar de, iss tarah ki baat theek nahi hai... (It is not right to shut down services. If the incident had happened on a train, then shut down train, if it happens in a bus, then shut down buses, and if in a taxi, then shut down taxis. Such steps are not right).”
Pointing fingers at a system under which licenses had been issued without proper checks to drivers, Mr Gadkari said the “system of issuing driver’s licenses is faulty, a new digital system will be designed.
