Ola, Uber cabs go off Bengaluru roads, drivers protest against fare cuts

Drivers want both firms stop incentive payouts and stick to Rs 19.50 fare fixed by the state govt

Many drivers attached to India's two largest cab aggregators Uber and Ola went off the roads on Monday to protest falling earnings as the two companies dropped fares to compete for customers that led to reduced incentives.

Their demand is that both firms stop incentive payouts and stick to the Rs 19.50 fare fixed by the state government. The drivers, majority of them from rural Karnataka, have sought intervention of H D Kumaraswamy, President of Janata Dal (Secular), the party founded by former prime minister H D Deve Gowda.

"It should be a win-win situation for both the drivers and