HYDERABAD: Yadagiri, who has been driving for taxi-hailing service Uber for a year, says his monthly income has dropped to Rs 20,000 from Rs 60,000. He blames this on the company adding more and more cars and drivers to its fleet, thereby increasing supply even as demand has become stagnant.He and several other Uber drivers in Hyderabad are also accusing the company of giving preference to the drivers who have leased cars through Uber's programme over the ones who drive their own cars.However, an Uber spokeswoman denied the allegation of giving preferential treatment to drivers in its leasing programme. The strike comes just a few weeks after the visit of Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick to Hyderabad to launch the two-wheeler taxi service, UberMOTO , a service that cab drivers think will make them lose out on potential passengers."No matter how much we drive, we are unable to meet the target set by Uber for incentives," said Yadagiri, who claims to work for over 16 hours a day to earn Rs 1,500, which used to take him eight hours previously.Drivers attached to rival Ola, too, have raised similar complaints. They have been part of the strike as both ride-hailing companies cut down on driver incentives even while they increase fares, as Uber has done recently in Delhi. Both Uber and Ola have spent millions of dollars on incentives to woo drivers over the last two years. Ola has now cut driver incentives based on the number of trips completed by as much as 20-40% in Delhi as compared to a year ago, ET has reported. Uber has also tweaked its incentive model to rewarding drivers based on earnings, and not on the number of trips.Uber recently issued a statement that it received an injunction against the Telangana Cab Drivers and Owners Association and Telangana State Cabs Association to ensure the drivers are able to continue working if they wished to without any interruptions. Ola did not respond to queries sent by ET.Telangana government officials are currently in talks with the representatives from Uber, Ola and two associations to come to a common ground. "We have listened to both parties and there are some reasonable demands that the striking drivers have made, which we are acting upon," said IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan. "However, there were some claims made by the drivers which were not supported by data given from Uber and Ola. Based on that data, we think those demands are not worth considering at this time."Drivers from Hyderabad are not the only ones who are facing this issue. Drivers in cities like Mumbai and Gurgaon have also voiced similar complaints in the recent past."This industry will witness a consolidation in the next six months," said a transport analyst who tracks cab-hailing services, requesting anonymity. "Drivers who came in just for the charm of this market will leave, discounts and incentives from the companies will go down, until the demand and supply g et balanced out."