YatraGenie launches city cabs in ten Telangana cities and districts

HYDERABAD: Online bus-ticketing and cab booking platform YatraGenie has launched city specific taxi services in 10 cities across Telangana. A fleet of 100 cars has been deployed by the company which started as a bus and cab booking platform in 2013.

With the expansion of its city cab services, YatraGenie will touch 32 cities. "We have noticed a rising demand for city cab services not only in bigger cities but also in Tier II and III cities. We want to tap both these markets simulataneously. We will scale up the capacity in Telangana to 500 cabs in the coming months," says Reni Komitla, CEO of YatraGenie.

The company will launch its cab services in Mysore, Mandya, Tumkur, Chikkaballapur, Chamrajpet and other towns in Karnataka in the coming months.

YatraGenie launched its taxi services earlier this year with Bangalore, Nellore, Tirupathi, Kavali and Vijayawada, operating under the city taxi scheme with radio cab licenses and has registered 30,000 bookings since its launch three months back. The city taxi service will be launched at Rs 100 for first 6 kilometers and Rs 15 per extra kilometer.