UNB, Dhaka :
Following the successful operation of private cars and motorbikes in the capital under ride-sharing services, several private companies, including ‘Top II’ and ‘MUV Asia’, are going to launch the app-based CNG-run auto-rickshaw services in the city from the next month onward.
Like cars and motorbikes, city dwellers can now enjoy the auto-rickshaw services using their smartphones.
Rokeya Prachi, Communication Director of ‘TOP II’, a developer company which introduced the app, ‘Hellow’ app and declared the opening of registration at a programme at the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday, said the company has already
registered 500 CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers for the service and trained them on how to use the app with the help of Dhaka Metropolitan CNG Auto-rickshaw Owners’ Unity Council and the district unit of CNG Auto-rickshaw Workers Unity Council.
Claiming that the three-wheelers lost their popularity among commuters for charging excessive fares and drivers’ poor treatment towards passengers, Prachi said the app will bring a change in the mentality of passengers through ensuring good service and the government-approved fare rate.
The company will also launch the ride-sharing motorbike and private car services through the app in future, she added.
With the approval of the draft of Ride Sharing Service Guideline, 2017 in the Cabinet on Monday, the newly introduced app has brought the three-wheelers under this guideline.
The ride-sharing service will run its pilot service till February 28 and will start its activities officially from March 1, Prachi said.
Following the successful operation of private cars and motorbikes in the capital under ride-sharing services, several private companies, including ‘Top II’ and ‘MUV Asia’, are going to launch the app-based CNG-run auto-rickshaw services in the city from the next month onward.
Like cars and motorbikes, city dwellers can now enjoy the auto-rickshaw services using their smartphones.
Rokeya Prachi, Communication Director of ‘TOP II’, a developer company which introduced the app, ‘Hellow’ app and declared the opening of registration at a programme at the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday, said the company has already
registered 500 CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers for the service and trained them on how to use the app with the help of Dhaka Metropolitan CNG Auto-rickshaw Owners’ Unity Council and the district unit of CNG Auto-rickshaw Workers Unity Council.
Claiming that the three-wheelers lost their popularity among commuters for charging excessive fares and drivers’ poor treatment towards passengers, Prachi said the app will bring a change in the mentality of passengers through ensuring good service and the government-approved fare rate.
The company will also launch the ride-sharing motorbike and private car services through the app in future, she added.
With the approval of the draft of Ride Sharing Service Guideline, 2017 in the Cabinet on Monday, the newly introduced app has brought the three-wheelers under this guideline.
The ride-sharing service will run its pilot service till February 28 and will start its activities officially from March 1, Prachi said.
