No plan to frame bike taxi policy, says Karnataka transport department

BENGALURU: With the Karnataka High Court ban on bike taxi operations nearing on June 15, officials of the transport department said they will go ahead and implement the ban. There is no plan to frame a bike taxi policy, which will legalise their operations, they added.

Hundreds of bike taxi riders from Bengaluru and across the state have been meeting Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and senior officials of the state Transport Department, telling them that the ban will affect their livelihood.