An app that aims to turn autorickshaw stands smart

Tukxi, on a trial run in Kochi Corporation limits, is being used by 950 autos

An Infopark-based start-up in Kochi has set out to turn autorickshaw stands smart by developing an app, Tukxi, an online aggregator for autorickshaws. The app, which has been on a trial run in Kochi Corporation limits for the last seven months, is now being used by 950 autorickshaws from nearly 50 stands. Unlike the city-centric multinational online aggregators, the indigenously developed app, which is available on Play Store, aims at reaching out even to the smallest towns where online booking of rides is still a novelty. “We have been going around autorickshaw stands explaining the features of our app to drivers who were suspicious of online aggregators. They were won over by the app that left them fully in control of its operations while respecting the jurisdiction of autorickshaw stands integral to their operations,” said Sooraj Nair, the operational head of Tukxi. It was the violation of that jurisdiction that often led to confrontations between the operators signed up for other online aggregators and the rest.