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airport taxi drivers strike enters second day Mumbai:
The protest of nearly 3,000 taxies, who carry passengers to and from Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, entered the second day on Sunday. The
taxi drivers are protesting against the ban on the parking of taxis in the airport
premises and imposition of new queue system. The drivers complain that they have
to wait for long till the passengers come out of the airport. But the new system
allows the private, Meru cabs, to drive in to the airport premises when the passengers
call them by phone, taxi drivers said. "The administration is promoting privately
owned quick taxies they are parked here, it is illegal. We were given assurance
that the taxies would be taken out from here but they still remain," said Taufeeq
Shaikh, President of Airport Taxi Association. The taxi drivers, who are off the
roads for the past two days lament the administration for being soft on them and
say that they would continue their strike until entry of private cabs are totally
restricted. The taxi drivers allege administration of favoring private cabs and
want the entry of private taxis be completely restricted. "We know that passengers
are facing problem but the administration is siding with the private companies
and it is affecting our daily earnings unless they are not moved from here we
will continue our strike completely," said Dinesh, a taxi driver. The drivers
also threatened that though the strike now restricted to some places, would be
spread to the other parts in case administration did not deed to their demands. -July
26, 2009 Go
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