Ride-hailing company Uber on Thursday appealed to the Kejriwal government and lieutenant governor, urging them to reconsider the proposed ban on non-Delhi-registered app-based taxis amid severe air pollution.
"Every single one of the 70,000 cars on the Uber platform across Delhi-NCR runs on clean fuel—CNG or electric," Uber wrote in a letter to the transport commissioner. "An indiscriminate restriction on CNG vehicles that run on clean fuel will force people to move to petrol or diesel vehicles."
It also quoted a study by the Delhi Technological University that found that less than 2% of the air pollution in Delhi could be attributed to four-wheelers.
Apart from the negligible impact on emissions, this move would be a huge unnecessary inconvenience to the people of the National Capital Region, it said. "This would be akin to a mobility lockdown for citizens of Delhi, NCR, who would be left in the lurch if they needed to access critical infrastructure."
It urged the government to take an "all-encompassing view" and sought time for a discussion with the government authorities.
On Nov. 8, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the government would ban the entry of app-based taxis like Ola and Uber that were not registered in Delhi.
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