Uber cars damaged in Mumbai and Pune; Offline is protesting

• Online taxi hailing application Uber has called for support from its users after incidents of its cabs being damaged, drivers assaulted and Uber-issued mobile phones being taken away have been registered in Pune and Mumbai, by some groups of people.

• This comes at a time when Uber is planning to invest $1 billion in India to primarily improve its operators, expand to other cities, develop new products and payment solutions and set up a better support network.

• The company says that thousands of drivers being forced to stay off the roads, adding that the proposed fare restriction will lead to artificially created fares, decreased availability of its cars, decreased jobs and earnings for drivers and reduced transport options in Mumbai suburbs and neighbourhoods where taxis dont ply.

• This is basically a repeat of what happened in June: taxi drivers and auto rickshaws went on strike protesting against apps like Ola and Uber.

• Cases of violence, including manhandling and stone pelting, have also come to light. This, despite the fact that Zoomcar has a commercial vehicle designationwhich allows its users to drive anywhere in India without a special drivers license of badge.

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