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The Federation of Private Transport Operators Association had dubbed carpooling apps as "illegal" citing violation of the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Act, which prohibits the commercialisation of white board vehicles.

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The state government had previously refuted claims that carpooling is banned and clarified that only carpooling by non-commercial vehicles is illegal and it might attract fines up to Rs 10,000. However, now the government is going to study the legality of carpooling using white-board vehicles after carpooling app representatives made a representation to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy. The Principal Secretary has requested 10 days to study the arguments made by them.

The Karnataka transport department on September 30 announced a ban on the app-based carpooling services in Bengaluru, following persistent complaints. | Latest News India

The statement from the transport minister came amid speculations that the Karnataka government was planning to ‘ban’ carpooling apps, as demanded by the Federation of Private Transport Operators Association.

Reports claimed state government had banned those apps

Similar steps were also taken by Mumbai, where the government banned the use of carpooling and bike-sharing mobile applications.