UTOO to take on Ola, Uber in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune soon

After hitting Chennai and Hyderabad roads, serial entrepreneur and former Aircel promoter C Sivasankaran's taxi aggregator service UTOO is set to make inroads in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune.

The Chennai-based start-up is competing with the taxi aggregator majors Uber and Ola. Billionaire investor Ajay Piramal also bought a minor stake in it, some months after it was launched last year.

The development comes at a time when Uber and Ola drivers are protesting over falling earnings in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Drivers complain their earnings have halved over six months. According to reports, Ola and Uber have