KOCHI: With renting vehicles more and more changing into a pattern, particularly amongst NRIs who go to Kerala for holidays, the sector has now change into a breeding floor for unlawful rent-a-car corporations. This was highlighted by the All Kerala Hire-A-Cab Affiliation (RCA).
A grave accusation made by the affiliation is that the sector has been hijacked by pawnbrokers who lease the vehicles pawned with them for decrease fees, and that too with out correct documentation — corresponding to licence, permits, and insurances.
As per the information offered by the RCA, there are altogether round 2,500 cabs operated by 11 authorized rent-a-cab corporations as in opposition to round 25,000 owned by the unlawful ones.
Sanu Jose, secretary of RCA, advised TNIE that the scenario could be very grave because the lack of correct documentation supplies an excellent cowl for anybody wanting to utilize the vehicles for any criminal activity.
“As per the foundations, the operators of the vehicles which can be given for lease must have an All India Allow (AIP) and should run a minimal fleet of fifty autos. In fact, these unlawful corporations do have greater than 50 vehicles, however whether or not they have an all-India allow is the query. If the Motor Automobile Division (MVD) conducts a examine, it would discover that these corporations don’t have any,” stated Sanu.
Stating one other infraction dedicated by the unlawful rent-a-car corporations, the affiliation secretary stated, “As per the MVD guidelines, promoting or working illegally by way of unauthorised apps can result in extreme penalties. However these corporations make use of Fb and different social media platforms to advertise their providers.” He added that these corporations additionally don’t insure the autos or the renter.
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