Ola’s free boat service for Chennai receives appreciation on Twitter
Chennai: India’s largest online cab service providers Ola has received a lot of admiration on Twitter after it started free boat services in Chennai to rescue people stuck in waterlogged areas in the city.
Several tweets showing gratitude started flowing on OLA’s official Twitter page after the company deployed boats along with professional rowers to rescue people in the waterlogged areas to safer places.
#OLA is doing an excellent service on rescuing & evacuating d people from drowned areas using boat. #Velachery #Mudichur. Hats off @Olacabs
— J Anbazhagan (@JAnbazhagan) November 17, 2015Great to see @Olacabs going beyond their call of duty and helping people in need. I wish many more companies join them. #OlaBoat
— Sai Shyam G (@SaiShyamG) November 17, 2015So, @Olacabs did send out boats to rescue people trapped in floods. Hats off to the team! #OlaBoat pic.twitter.com/O2IGGu8GpN
— Sai Shyam G (@SaiShyamG) November 17, 2015
Its not a joke anymore , @Olacabs have sent a boat to rescue people. #OlaBoat pic.twitter.com/Do4ai9pUNM
— Sathyan KM (@hellosathyan) November 17, 2015The services were initiated as a result of numerous tweets on how Ola should start boat transportation in partially submerged Chennai.
Hi #Chennai people download the brand new OLABoat App and reach your office, school, colleges on time #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/NfJtdi7IZP
— Satheesh Kumar (@SatheeshKCP) November 16, 2015Have #Office today... Going to hire a #Ola_boat.. Plz let me know if anyone is interested and would like to share... https://t.co/GX0honeCV4
— Azad Singh Dangi (@azad_dangi) November 16, 2015Beautiful Venice! Gota call my OLA Boat now :) #Chennai #ChennaiFloods #chennairains pic.twitter.com/wsZB9r3uRe
— Daniel Rajan (@dannysnare) November 16, 2015Ola converted this joke to reality, as numerous boats were deployed soon after. The boats were manned by professional rowers and also fishermen to rescue people and to provide food and drinking water free-of-cost.
"Ola deployed boats in waterlogged and partially submerged areas on the basis of information from the Fire and Rescue department", Ola said in a statement.
The boats are equipped with two rowers, sufficient umbrellas and can ferry between five to nine people in a trip.
"While we are addressing the increased demand for transportation in city, we are working closely with local stakeholders to help ferry those stranded in water-logged areas," Ola Business Head (Tamil Nadu) Ravi Teja said.
The boat service would be available for next two days and will be extended if waterlogging continues, it added.
