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Paid higher cab fare today? Uber and Ola drivers are on strike in Delhi

Drivers say they want better perks, relaxed hours for targets and accident insurance

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Karan Choudhury New Delhi
Uber and Ola users in Delhi and National Capital Region might have a hard time booking cabs Friday onwards, as thousands of drivers plan to go on strike. Thousands in New Delhi, Noida, and Gurgaon could be affected, after Hyderabad and Bengaluru saw similar strikes. Uber and Ola are cab-hailing apps.

Drivers say they want better perks, relaxed hours for targets, accident insurance, and others.

The list of demands includes not running cabs for Rs 6 per kilometre, which is the minimum the two companies charge customers.

Sarvodaya Driver Association of Delhi, which claims to have 2,000 members, working for

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