Cab drivers under the banner of the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union have launched a campaign boycotting trips facilitated by cab aggregator companies to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on the city’s outskirts, protesting against the “low fares” being charged.<\/p>\n

TGPWU founder-president Shaik Salauddin said on Tuesday that the campaign has been underway on a large scale since it was launched two days ago.<\/p>\n

He alleged that aggregator companies charge as little as Rs 300-Rs 400 for a trip from the city to the airport while claiming a 30 per cent commission.<\/p>\n

The state government issued an order in 2022 setting the fare for pre-paid cabs operating at the airport at Rs 21 per km, he said.<\/p>\n

There is a difference of about Rs 300-Rs 400 between the fares charged by aggregators and pre-paid taxis, he claimed.<\/p>\n

The low fares have significantly affected drivers’ earnings, he added.<\/p>\n

Additionally, cab drivers often have to wait three to four hours at the airport for a return trip, he said.<\/p>\n

Despite “repeated appeals to the government and the transport department for uniform and fair pricing for aggregator services”, no decisive action has been taken, Salauddin claimed.<\/p>\n

He urged the government to intervene immediately to regulate and standardise aggregator pricing policies.<\/p>\n

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