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Delhi Orders Ola, Uber, Rapido to Restore Ride‑Sharing Within One Month

Regulators will review carpooling rules within a week to speed a shift to shared mobility.

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.