Ban-battered bike-taxi riders say struggling to make both ends meet
By
Binu Mathew
The bike-taxi ban in Karnataka has battered thousands of gig workers, as a major part of their income has disappeared.
About 150,000 bike-taxi riders were estimated to be operating in Bengaluru alone before the high court-imposed ban came into effect June 16. Since then, their income has come down by half, said at least a dozen such gig workers ET spoke with.
