Some Ola, Uber drivers continue strike in Delhi

Bengaluru: After three to four days of going on strike, drivers on homegrown cab hailing application Ola called off the strike on Wednesday. Drivers on Uber followed suit 24 hours later by calling off the strike in Mumbai and other cities after meeting the driver union on Thursday.

However, drivers of Sarvodaya Drivers Association, the main cab drivers’ union in Delhi-NCR claims the drivers will be on strike for a day more. According to commuters and analysts in Delhi, there has been a delay of half an hour to one hour in getting cabs, but rides are still available.

“We have decided to press our demands further, as members of the union we plan to stop operations temporarily for at least 24 hours,” said Kamaljeet Gill, president of the union.


According to Sanjay Naik, representative of MNS drivers’ union, union members met with Uber’s management and the police and have reached an agreement to improve the condition of drivers.