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Soon: One WhatsApp number for complaints against rogue auto, taxi drivers

Transport minister orders that it be displayed across MMR; licences could be cancelled based on offences. Sardesai said that passengers had to endure harassment at the hands of rickshaw and taxi drivers in the Bandra, Khar and Andheri railway station areas. “These drivers charge fares in an illegal manner

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Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik (in blue jacket) and MLA Varun Sardesai (extreme right) at the meeting on Thursday

Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik (in blue jacket) and MLA Varun Sardesai (extreme right) at the meeting on Thursday

A single WhatsApp number will be displayed in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for complaints against regular autorickshaw and taxi drivers as well as their Ola and Uber counterparts who overcharge, refuse fares and misbehave with passengers, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Thursday.

He was speaking at a meeting called regarding the harassment of rickshaw and taxi drivers in Bandra, Khar and other railway station areas of Bandra East Assembly constituency. Bandra East MLA Varun Sardesai and officials of the motor transport department were present at the meeting.

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