Shravankumar Suvarna, a resident of Mumbai, tweeted about his experience. He even provided screenshots of the Uber app's price display.
Digital Desk: Mumbai resident was shocked by the exorbitant fare charged by the ride-hailing company Uber for
ferrying a customer. In the pouring rain, the person tried to get a cab to
get home but was shocked to find the fare running into thousands.
Twitter users
had a range of ideas as to how that amount could be put to better use, starting
from renting an apartment to having a day out in Dadar. Fares for the 50-kilometre trip were well
over ₹ 3,000.
Shravankumar Suvarna, a resident
of Mumbai, tweeted about his experience. He even provided screenshots of the
Uber app's price display. The prices for UberGo, Premier, and XL were
respectively Rs 3,041, Rs 4,081, and Rs 5,159.
"Flight to Goa is cheaper
than my ride home," Mr Suvarna tweeted. Even the hashtag "peak
Mumbai rains" was added by him.
Meanwhile, many people responded
to Mr Suvarna's tweet.
One
user calculated how much Uber should have charged and came to that conclusion. Is
diesel/petrol really so expensive, the user asked. According to the picture, it
only appears to be 50 kilometres. It will cost around 500 rupees even with a 10
km ride. Why are they charging an additional 2.5k? For this ride, 1200 rupees
should be enough.
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