A difference here is that rickshaws tend to be independently operated, somewhat differently from the incumbent taxi services worldwide that have dispatch agenci

A difference here is that rickshaws tend to be independently operated, somewhat differently from the incumbent taxi services worldwide that have dispatch agencies, who are directly hurt by Uber-likes routing traffic directly to the drivers rather than through the agencies. Here, originally the only operands were customer and driver, and now Autowale, while increasing the number of operations happening, making pretty much everyone happier. Of course, there are a few rickshaw agencies, or bigwigs with subordinate drivers, who play the role of the taxi agency, and probably get angered by this, but I don't think they're unified/large enough to pose a notable threat. So I would foresee startup-growth/business-model issues being the more relevant causes for a shutdown of Autowale, contrary to with car/taxi startups.