The transport department has received two applications for the New Town-Rajarhat project and is awaiting proposals for other neighbourhoods of Calcutta, officials said. Like app-cab aggregators Uber and Ola, bike-taxi operators would be free to use the surge pricing method when demand is high. Officials in the transport department said the plan was to allow bike-taxis to ply mainly in the lanes and bylanes of large neighbourhoods. Bike-taxi operators are required to check the antecedents of anyone they choose to appoint as a driver or partner. "The basic idea is to provide last-mile connectivity from the thoroughfares," transport secretary Bandyopadhyay said.

Source: The Telegraph January 23, 2017 21:27 UTC