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As the mobile app-based ridesharing services are gaining ground, a local IT company is going to launch similar service called 'Ezzyr' on December 1 for the commuters in Dhaka city.
The Innovadeus Pvt. Ltd. will offer both car and motorbike ride services and plans to expand the mobile app-based service to Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar by January next year, reports UNB.
Md Kamrul Hasan Emon, a director of Innovadeus, disclosed this at a press conference at a city hotel on Sunday.
He said commuters in Dhaka city will be able to avail of both car and motorbike ride services on call through mobile app 'Ezzyr', which can be downloaded from the Google play store.
"We're going to launch Ezzyr services in the city on December 1. Our services will surely be available in at least five areas -- Uttara, Dhanmondi, Baridhara, Gulshan and Banani -- from the day one," he said.
"We've already registered 1,050 private cars and 1,200 motorbikes for the services. The drivers have also been registered and trained," he added.
Emon said they will launch the Ezzyr service in Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar by January 2018. "We've already started doing groundwork in those areas to roll out the services."
The company has also a plan to take the combined services of car and motorbike rides to Chittagong and Sylhet by mid-2018, the Innovadeus director said.
Besides, he said, one will be able to pre-book cars, through this app, for long-distance tours. The pre-reservation services will be available early next year.
About the opposition of CNG-run auto-rickshaws owners' to the app-based ride services, Emon said, "We're ready to bring CNG-run auto-rickshaws under our ridesharing app, if the vehicle owners show their interest in it."
Another Director of Innovadeus Rana Ahmed said the Ezzyr app will be very user-friendly one. "I hope the users will feel comfortable using the application," he said.