India, Feb. 8 -- A pan-India strike by drivers attached to app-based platforms disrupted travel across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on Saturday, leaving commuters grappling with long wait times, cancellations and steep surge pricing, particularly in south Mumbai, a no-auto-rickshaw zone, where passengers are heavily dependent on app-based tourist taxis.

The strike, organised by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) along with other national labour bodies under the banner 'All India Breakdown', was called to protest inadequate fares, income insecurity, alleged exploitation and what unions described as unsustainable working conditions. A representation has also been submitted to Union Minister for Road Transport and ...