Kathmandu, July 31
The international ride-sharing company,
Indriver, has initiated the process to get it registered in Nepal to formalise
its business locally.
"Process to register the business
locally in Nepal as a ride hailing – public transport company has begun. We
will soon expand the business in other cities across the country soon,"
Pavit Nanda Anand, PR Manager of the company for South Asia, said in a
conversation with The Rising Nepal.
She informed that till now Indriver has
been just promoting the business and has not raised any commission from the
drivers.
The California, USA-based
company has expanded its business in more than 645 cities of 45 countries
including Nepal. It has officially launched the business in India Nepal and
Pakistan, and it will be available in Bangladesh soon. The mobile application
of this real-time deal model ride sharing and taxi hailing company has the
second largest download.
It was launched in Indian city
Chandigarh three years and now is operating in multiple cities there.
Currently, Bangladeshi Pathao
and domestic Tootle are operating in Nepal while a couple of domestic ride-hailing
companies are in the pipeline.
Anand said that Indriver has
transparent system to operate business. "We verify all the documents of
the riders and drivers, and publish online. We will have a customer support
team which connects to the police in case of emergency," she said.
However, she informed that
Indriver doesn't have insurance policy for the passengers but maintained that
it would be managed if the government policy demanded it.
According to Anand, the company
is a different product than the available ride sharing or taxi hailing
companies functioning in the market as it provides the bargaining options to
the drivers and passengers.
The company is running Corporate Social Responsibility activities to promote
women entrepreneurs in the IT sector and plans to launch tech awards in Nepal
to support them.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 1 August 2022.
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