Mana Yatri, a community-driven app for autorickshaws and cabs, was launched in Hyderabad on Thursday and thus far onboarded 25,000 drivers, and plans to add another another lakh in the next three months.
The app seeks to cut out commissions charged by app platforms and give flexibility to both drivers and riders.
“Our philosophy is: the customers pay less, and the driver earns more by completely eliminating the middleman and the commission structure. For example, during peak time, and non-peak hours, the base fare is more or less the same as fixed by the government,” said Shan M.S. from Juspay, a company that built Mana Yatri, adding that during peak time there is flexibility for the driver to ask for a slightly higher fare and the customer to add more tips. “The customers and drivers decide what they are comfortable with.”
