Mangaluru: Autorickshaw Owners and Drivers’ Union members staged a protest against the online taxi operators here on Tuesday October 10.

The protestors claimed that the taxi vehicles which has to mandatorily install meters and charge the meter rates fixed by the RTO, the Uber and Ola taxis were going against the norms and did not follow the rules laid down by the government.

The auto drivers also said that the emerging online taxi booking facilities have hit them as the prices are comparatively lesser than the autorickshaw charges.

Earlier the autorickshaw drivers took out a procession from Mini Vidhana Saudha to the RTA office and from there to the Deputy Commissioner’s office.