Staff Reporter :
The owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws have been thriving to join in a new apps-based technology named
‘Hello’.
CNG Auto-rickshaw app services are started in Dhaka and Chittagong a day after the draft ‘Ride Sharing Policy -017’ approved by the government. CNG started to run on experimental basis from Tuesday and will officially start the journey from March next, Rokeya Prachi, communication director of developer company Top II.
The announcement came from a press conference arranged by Top II at the National Press Club on Tuesday.
CNG once became popular mode of transportation that came under flack over the years because of charging high fares and poor customer service.
Rokeya Prachi said, they have already registered 500 CNG-run auto-rickshaws so far and hope of launching the service in March.
This service will ensure government approved fare rates and passenger safety, she said.
The inception of Uber, when launched back in 2016, was a much-desired relief for commuters against the “hard to get” auto-rickshaws. This resulted in a drastic drop in CNG auto-rickshaw demand.
They even demonstrated across the capital demanding withdrawal of the Uber service.
CNG-run auto-rickshaws started losing customers since ride-sharing services began, Prachi said.
She also said auto-rickshaw drivers will get adequate passengers if their vehicles can be brought under this app-based service and hoped that this will end squabbling over fares.
The app will now come under the “Ride-sharing Service Guidelines 2017” approved by the government on Monday which mandates 11 guidelines for operating including a BRTA license.
Prachi added, there are plans to launch car and motorcycle services through the app.
The owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws have been thriving to join in a new apps-based technology named
‘Hello’.
CNG Auto-rickshaw app services are started in Dhaka and Chittagong a day after the draft ‘Ride Sharing Policy -017’ approved by the government. CNG started to run on experimental basis from Tuesday and will officially start the journey from March next, Rokeya Prachi, communication director of developer company Top II.
The announcement came from a press conference arranged by Top II at the National Press Club on Tuesday.
CNG once became popular mode of transportation that came under flack over the years because of charging high fares and poor customer service.
Rokeya Prachi said, they have already registered 500 CNG-run auto-rickshaws so far and hope of launching the service in March.
This service will ensure government approved fare rates and passenger safety, she said.
The inception of Uber, when launched back in 2016, was a much-desired relief for commuters against the “hard to get” auto-rickshaws. This resulted in a drastic drop in CNG auto-rickshaw demand.
They even demonstrated across the capital demanding withdrawal of the Uber service.
CNG-run auto-rickshaws started losing customers since ride-sharing services began, Prachi said.
She also said auto-rickshaw drivers will get adequate passengers if their vehicles can be brought under this app-based service and hoped that this will end squabbling over fares.
The app will now come under the “Ride-sharing Service Guidelines 2017” approved by the government on Monday which mandates 11 guidelines for operating including a BRTA license.
Prachi added, there are plans to launch car and motorcycle services through the app.
