India, July 11 -- From Saturday, Uber Shuttle, the transport company's premium bus service will go off the city's roads after the state transport department found it operating illegally. The lack of Uber Shuttle buses will impact office goers travelling from eastern and western suburbs as far as Panvel, Kalyan, and Bhayandar, to their offices in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Worli, and south Mumbai.

The service, running in the city from last year, was meant to be a 'pilot project' in Mumbai, but transport minister Pratap Sarnaik in the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly session noted that Uber had not obtained the necessary permissions to run the service.

After Sarnaik directed the transport commissioner to investigate the matter and take neces...