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MUMBAI: Nearly 70% of Ola and Uber cabs remaianed off roads on Sunday morning, with those plying in some areas available for surge price as high as two times the normal fares.

Union leader Govind Mohite said, "Majority of driver partners have gone offline voluntarily. We are gearing up for the huge morcha on the first day of state legislative session on Monday." The driver partners along with family members will march from Bharat Mata to Vidhan Bhavan on Monday morning and will submit their memorandum to the state government.

Maharashtra Rajya Rashtriya Kamgar Sangh leader Sachin Ahir said that the aggregator firms had not called him or any other union leader for talks till Saturday night, and so the deadlock continues.

The strike in Mumbai is for the second time and on Monday, more drivers are likely to go off roads. This will cause inconvenience to scores of office goers and also fliers at both the airports. The last time, the drivers partners were off roads from October 22 to November 2 and the strike was called off after state transport minister Diwakar Raote had intervened.

"This time, we want state chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to intervene and listen to the drivers' grievances," said Ahir. He further stated: "Thousands of families have been badly hit as most drivers are leading a hand-to-mouth existence and many are unable repay the loan EMIs."

