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Panaji: Armed with a raft of demands and blaming the government and the travel and tourism industry, the tourist taxi operators of Goa will meet chief minister Manohar Parrikar with the condition that they will install digital meters only if their demands are met. If fare charts are displayed at prominent places, then tourists will know the disparity charged by us and them (travel operators' association). "Our most important demand is to stop the illegal practice of renting private vehicles," North Goa Tourist Taxi Owners' Association vice-president Ravindra V Vengurlekar said. Tourists would prefer us," Vengurlekar said.They also said there were some practical difficulties like repairing facility for the meters. Though the taxi operators said they were not averse to installing the meters, they would do so only if their demands are met.Hours after the high court had directed the state government to finalise the standards for digital meters within two weeks, the taxi operators had rushed to Parrikar but the meeting remained inconclusive..