The Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday suspended the aggregator licences of Uber India Methods Pvt Ltd and Rapido (Roppen Transportation Providers Pvt Ltd) for six months with quick impact, barring each platforms from working cabs and bike-taxis within the Union Territory until March 2027.
With this, all 4 main cab aggregators working within the Tricity — Ola, InDrive, Uber and Rapido — now stand suspended.
Ola and InDrive have been pushed off Chandigarh roads in June and August this 12 months, respectively.
Solely Sahkari Taxi Cooperative Restricted’s Bharat Taxi, India’s first cooperative-led, driver-owned ride-hailing platform, stays operational within the metropolis, leaving day by day commuters with a single main possibility.
In separate orders, copies of that are with The Tribune, issued by the State Transport Authority (STA), Secretary Nitish Singla, the Licensing Authority, invoked Rule 17 of the Chandigarh Administration Motor Autos Aggregators Guidelines, 2025, to droop each corporations over persistent non-compliance regardless of repeated notices and hearings stretching over a 12 months.
“Each corporations got adequate alternative to adjust to provisions regarding driver well being and time period insurance coverage, coaching and the notified fare construction, however they wilfully failed to take action regardless of appreciable time having elapsed,” Singla informed The Tribune, referring to the orders he handed.
Uber’s violations
Based on the order, Uber was first requested to submit a compliance report on July 8, 2025, and issued a present trigger discover on October 10, 2025, after its response was discovered unsatisfactory. A committee discovered Uber’s native workplace at Sector 47-C non-functional, with the workplace discovered “losed/locked” on three inspection visits in Might 2026. A letter despatched by way of Pace Publish was returned marked “unclaimed.”
The order states Uber didn’t implement fare charges notified on July 7, 2025, and was discovered overcharging commuters in violation of Rule 14(iii), which caps aggregator fares on the Administration-fixed charge.
Complaints from transport unions on August 24, 27, September 1 and three, and a recent grievance from the Chandigarh Cab Driver Union on September 7, flagged a subscription/recharge mannequin being compelled on drivers — additionally a guidelines violation. Non-commercial automobiles have been discovered hooked up to the platform.
Rapido’s violations
Rapido’s order data related lapses. The corporate’s insurance coverage cowl for bike-taxi captains was discovered restricted to unintentional loss of life and harm solely, falling wanting the protection mandated underneath the 2025 Guidelines. Its Sector 32-D workplace was additionally discovered locked on three visits in Might 2026.
As an alternative of furnishing a compliance response, the order notes, Rapido sought incorporation of the Centre’s Motor Car Aggregator Tips (MVAG), 2025, rather than Chandigarh’s personal guidelines. Complaints from the Tricity Cab Drivers Welfare Affiliation on September 3 flagged the subscription mannequin and overcharging, whereas non-commercial automobiles have been additionally discovered hooked up to the platform.
Public inconvenience looms
The back-to-back suspensions, coming shut on the heels of the Ola-InDrive ban in June and August, are set to squeeze cab availability additional in a metropolis already reeling from months of driver unrest over fares and aggregator commissions. With Uber and Rapido accounting for a big share of day by day bookings alongside Ola, commuters’ depending on app-based cabs and bike-taxis face renewed disruption, with Bharat Taxi left as the one sizeable different on the roads.
