SHILLONG, July 3: A local group Jaiaw Ehrngiew Transport Society or JETS 24/7, which runs and manages two-wheeler services, on Monday, petitioned KHADC Chief Executive Member (CEM) Pyniaid Sing Syiem against issuing trading licence to taxi aggregators from outside the state.
In the petition, managing director of the group, Pynskhemlang W Uriah, said that JETS 24/7 isa local group which runs two-wheeler services in the state with the objective to provide maximum employment to the local youths.
“…our objective is to uplift our own. We are planning to run our services through a mobile application app. We have also been recognised by the state government,” he added.
It may be recalled that the state government is all set to regulate the taxi aggregators operating in the state.
This had come after the growing dependence of the public on two-wheelers as a means of transportation in the state capital.
However, the majority of these two-wheelers, which are popularly known to people as “Rapido”, are operating as taxi aggregators without obtaining any licence from the competent authority.
Commissioner and Secretary in-charge Transport department, E Kharmalki, had earlier said that the state government will very soon notify the permit tax, road tax and passenger fares to be charged by the taxi aggregators.
According to him, the Ministry of Road Transport had issued a statutory order dated June, 2021, which had notified that two-wheelers can be considered as taxi aggregators. Based on this, the state transport department had accordingly floated the advertisement inviting interested parties to register with the department and obtain a license to operate as taxi aggregators.
“So far, only one applicant by the name of JETS 24/7 had got the licence to operate as a taxi aggregator in the state. However, they are yet to operate because the state government has to notify the permit tax, road tax and passenger fares,” the senior official said.
Kharmalki had also stated that the permit tax, road tax and fares to be charged by the taxi aggregators will soon be placed before the state Cabinet for its approval.
