The Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi state government has urged the ministry of Information Technology of India to block mobile applications of cab services Uber and Ola in the national capital.

Information regarding Delhi government seeking the IT ministry's intervention in the matter was first reported by news agency, Reuters. The report quotes an unnamed state government official as revealing the same.

Earlier on Tuesday, Delhi transport officials had asked U.S.-based Uber and Indian counterpart Ola to cease all operations in the national capital, failure of which would lead the state government to not process their radio taxi license applications to operate in the city in future.

The controversy around web-based taxi companies was born after a 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a driver contracted to Uber in December last year following which the Indian government ordered all unregistered radio cab services to halt operations nationwide.

The Uber taxi in which the alleged rape took place did not have a GPS installed on it. In lieu of this, the Delhi government recently ordered all taxi operators plying in the national capital to install GPS in their vehicles. The directive will be enforced on all types of taxis: radio taxis as well as black-and-yellow cabs, according to a PTI report. In case they fail to comply, they won't be issued fitness certificate by the government, said the report.