Tag: Taxi strike

Goa taxis on strike, demand shutdown of app-based service ‘GoaMiles’

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant urged the taxi operators to return to work even after government pressed additional state transport corporation buses for tourists at the airport, railway station and bus stands.

August 2, 2019

Taxi strike leaves passengers, tourists stranded in Goa

Taxi operators on Friday kept their vehicles off the roads of Goa despite the state government yesterday invoking the Essential Services Management Act (ESMA)prohibiting the strike. The strike, which has seen the state’s 18,000-odd taxis off the roads, left hundreds of passengers and tourists stranded at railway stations, the airport and hotels, officials said. A …

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January 19, 2018

Tourist taxi operators go on strike in Goa

Over 3,000 tourist taxis went off Goa’s roads on Friday, as taxi operators across the state made good their warning of a day-long strike. The taxi operators are protesting against harassment by police, transport department officials and mandatory fitting of speed governors by the authorities to their vehicles. The Goa government has already evoked the …

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January 19, 2018