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The War Between OLA And UBER

There was a time when calling a cab was nothing less than a war. The first thing was catching a cab. The incessant refusals of the cabs for going to your destination were a frustrating thing. Even after you managed to grab a taxi, you had to battle it out with him to go on the meter. If lucky, the cab would agree, but the meter would run so fast that even traveling a short distance felt like you have traveled a thousand kilometer and he is charging you for that. This often resulted in an ugly spat between you and your cab drivers. This was a very common scenario in India, and the autocracy of the cab drivers harassed the commuters for a long time. However, this scenario changed with the entry of app cab services like OLA and Uber. These two app-based cab services made the commuter’s life a bit easy in India as they no longer had to struggle with the cab drivers for going to their respective destinations. The apps have designated cars which roam around in the city. Book