Overview
- Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa met Ola, Uber and Rapido with transport officials and directed an early restart of shared rides to cut traffic and pollution.
- Aggregators said technical and operational work is pending, yet they were told to fully deploy ride‑sharing in Delhi within a month with trips allowed into the NCR.
- Companies were instructed to build in‑app carpooling modules immediately, while the Transport Department drafts legal recommendations on carpooling within a week.
- Officials will examine a framework to let privately registered electric two‑wheelers and four‑wheelers join aggregator fleets without commercial permits or fees, with safety and insurance protections.
- Aggregators were urged to expand bus and shuttle services on high‑demand corridors, share route‑wise data to pinpoint congestion hotspots, and add features that show users their emission savings.