transport department wants to ensure that Mumbai’s taxis keep up with the swank, new modes of transport like the Metro and the monorail.The government is considering reducing the cut-off age for black and yellow taxis further.The transport department has already phased out taxis that are more than 25 years old in December 2008.“With newer public transport like Metro rail and monorail being added to...
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Taking strict measuresagainst unauthorized taxis in the city, transport authorities have issueddirections to operators to get permits for their taxis as soon as possible. Thetransport department is acting tough on unauthorized taxi operators as they arenot adding to the state exchequer.Sources revealed that around 90%taxis are plying without any permit in the state because government has notmaintained...
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visitDrivers of City's Famed Rattletrap Taxis Show Road Rage Over Law Requiring New CarsMUMBAI -- Mumbai's taxi drivers are battling to block the newest trend in hired transport here: electronic meters, home pickups and air conditioning.Customers are demanding modern taxis to better represent this booming city, as well as provide a modicum of comfort in a steamy, tropical climate. Mumbai's authorities,...
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taxi driver and two passengers escaped unharmed when a black taxi left the road and plunged into a canal.The three adults in the taxi were thrown a life ring and helped to the bank at Canal Wharf in Chichester, West Sussex, on Saturday evening.Sussex Police said they were suffering from shock but did not need to be taken to hospital.The taxi was almost completely submerged and is expected to be recovered...
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Following directives fromthe transport authorities, the district transport officers in state are allgeared up to recover the pending taxes from unauthorized taxi operators withinone month.Working in this direction, the DTOs have impounded 35vehicles. They have yet to recover around Rs 46 crore from taxi operators allover the state.Notably, it is from the year 2007, that the transportauthorities have...
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KOLKATA:Taxi unions have demanded the introduction of Maruti Omni as metered taxis byDecember 2 along with diesel Ambassador, Tata Indigo CS diesel and dual fuelMaruti Wagon-R.The demand follows capacity constraints at HindustanMotors (HM) that has led to a waiting period of eight months for supply of newtaxis. The unions had threatened to go on strike from Thursday, but decided toput it off till December...
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KOLKATA:With the number of taxi refusal cases going up, taxi associations have nowdecided to take stern steps against errant drivers and cabs with erroneousmeters.From Tuesday, passengers who have been refused by a cabbieor faced a meter-related problem should call up any of these four numbers:24753505, 24753225, 24549550 and 9038509896 from 10 am to 7 pm. If they face aproblem after 7 pm, the call...
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Sreeram Mishra has been working overtime for over three months now without making enough to make ends meet. Till July 31, the 40-year-old drove his own taxi and earned about Rs 600 a day after meeting the fuel and maintenance costs. Today he is one of the thousands waiting for a new taxi after their old vehicles went off the road following the high court ban.The Liluah resident has been driving a hired...
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About a couple of decades ago, hailing a taxi on Guru Nanak Jayanti would not have been easy. Back then, a major chunk of the taxi driver population comprised Sikhs.Today, although the number of taxis plying the city’s streets has increased manifold, finding a turban-sporting taxi driver has become a rarity.“Over the past 25 years, the number of Sikhs in the field has fallen from 30-40 per cent to...
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airport pre-paid taxi driver sped away with a bag containing Rs 5,000 cash, valuables and important court documents and belonging to a retired army colonel and chief prosecutor in the Supreme Court, SR Kalkal, on Wednesday night.Kalkal lodged a complaint with Indiranagar police that after arriving in the city from Delhi, he took a prepaid taxi to a friend's place in Defence Colony, Indiranagar. Even...
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