Concon Railway Corporation officials and the
Margao black and yellow Taxi operators resolved their differences on the
payment of counter charges.
As
per the understanding reached between two parties, about 30 taxis will
ply from the railway station stand by paying the
CRC Rs. 3,000 per month as parking
charges. Earlier, the CRC had insisted that
the taxi operators pay them Rs,4,500 while
the operators were willing to pay Rs.2,000.
Similarly,
both the CRC and the taxi operators have settled
the difference over the three months advance money to be paid, the
former for using the railway property. The taxi operators has now agreed
to Rs. 9,000 as three months advance amount as against Rs.
13,500 which was earlier fixed by the CRC.
The
taxi operators will not have to pay the counter licence fees since the
pre-paid counter will be temporarily run from the police counter outside
the station entrance. However, as and when a new counter is opened at the
taxi stand, the operators will be charged a fees of
Rs.1,000 as against Rs. 1,500 which
was fixed earlier.
In
fact the pre-paid counter which was mooted by the taxi operators themselves
to prevent fleecing of passengers at the station was delayed due to the
differences over the payment of charges of the CRC.
The
point-to-point dropping fares have also been worked out by the taxi operators
as per the original government gazette and the same has been provisionally
approved by the Assistant Director of Transport,
and Member Secretary, RTA, South, E K Singbai.
Margao
Taxi Drivers and Operators Association, Secretary
Venkatesh Keni disclosed that the fares were calculated taking into
account the additional kilometers involved from the heart to the village,
town and city.
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Station
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