Bike Taxis wage hygiene war on Covid-19 with cleaner seats and half-helmets

Remote working also being adopted for staff safety; masks and sanitisers for rider-partners

With coronavirus (Covid-19) cases increasing in the country, bike-taxi companies such as Rapido and Ola Bike are increasingly focusing on personal hygiene. Bike-taxi unicorn Rapido is providing customers with mandatory half-helmets as opposed to full-face helmets. The riders (captains) are also asked to maintain personal hygiene and clean the pillion seat before onboarding customers in addition to wearing a mask at all times. 

“Bike Taxi is a more open and personalised way for intracity travel, as opposed to other crowded alternate ways like cabs, buses and trains, where the customer has an advantage of less exposure to any infection due