With HC taking up taxi issue tourists may hope for relief

Goa | Monday | 24th September, 2018

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He said taxi drivers were asked to form an organization and be united but this hasn’t happened. We understand the economics and want the taxi drivers to get a better deal. Frustrated over the behaviour of taxi drivers stopping coaches taking guests to and from hotels, the association had moved the court many years ago. “A tourist’s first interface in the state is with a taxi driver and if there’s no meter they feel they are being fleeced. The court had then asked the association to sit with taxi drivers and try and sort out the issue amicably.“We got natural relief with the first petition as the taxi drivers got afraid and began behaving themselves when they heard the matter reached the high court..