K'taka bandh: Online cab services suspended in state till evening

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Feb 13, 2020 11:47 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Online taxi services being operated by app-based cab aggregators have been
suspended across Karnataka state till Thursday evening in the view of bandh">Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada activists."We have told
our drivers to stop services till evening
More than 70,000 vehicles usually run, but we are stopping the service today
We are supporting the bandh," said Tanveer, President of Ola, Uber Drivers' and Owners' Association, Bengaluru.Meanwhile, pro-Kannada
activist Praveen Shetty has been kept under house arrest to maintain law and order.Several pro-Kannada groups have called for
bandh">Karnataka bandh today demanding implementation of Sarojini Mahishi report, recommending a certain percentage of jobs to Kannadigas in
private and public sector companies.Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has urged the organisations to call off the bandh
(ANI)