Cabbies reach transport dept to push back against apps
Panaji:
An attempt by taxi owners to show 'the power of taxikars' at the transport department office fizzled out after Goa police deployed a huge cordon around Junta House, where the transport department has its office.
While the taxi unions of the state had exhorted at least 2,000 taxi operators to show up, just a handful of them arrived to submit their objections against the draft Goa Transport Aggregator Policy.
'Govt says it welcomes suggestions and objections, but then it brings out a huge police force to scare our members away,' said North and South Goa Taxi Association president Sunil Naik.
He said taxi operators came to the directorate of transport office to submit their concerns about the aggregator guidelines and the proposal to bring in app-based taxi services.
Thursday was the last day to file objections.
As a precautionary measure, the North Goa collector imposed prohibitory orders around Junta House, banning gatherings, protests, and processions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
The collector's order prohibits the assembly of five or more persons, processions, protests, or morchas, and the carrying of arms, sticks, banners, placards, loudspeakers, or any such item that could be used for an unlawful assembly.
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'Govt is trying to scare taxi operators by imposing the BNS and deploying a huge police force. If you see today, many of our members did not come here because of the police presence,' Naik said. 'We came here only to file our objections; we have not brought any weapons or flags or black T-shirts.'
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