No Non-Goan should run cab-services in Goa: GSRP Goa Su-Raj Party (GSRP) extends its support to the Taxi Unions - North Goa Tourist Taxi Owners Association (NGTTOA), South Goa Tourists Taxi Owners Association (GSTTOA), Federation of Tourist Taxi Owners & Drivers Goa (FTTAG) and Centre for Responsible Tourism. GSRP stand is that no Non-Goan should run cab-services in Goa.
Speaking on the issue Floriano Lobo, General Secretary, GSRP, said,"The general perception that Taxi Operators in Goa are cheats and a mafia in their own right, is exaggerated to a great extent. There maybe stray incidents of unexpected behavior from some taxi operators but in general most taxi operators are hospitable and honest in nature. We agree that there must be a training and operations methodology to make the taxi operations more customer-friendly, but allowing a Non-Goan to come in and try to take-over the taxi business is not acceptable." The Goa tourist taxi operators who are facing competition from car rental chains and from tour operators, are now planning to launch a new system of operations. "This system of customer-friendly operations should be brought in by the government and not a private-player. The government does not have the courage to initiate a metered-taxi model through its own departments, instead it looks at giving a Non-Goan company another reason to put a foot-hold into what are traditional Goan business operations," expressed Savio Rodrigues, Secretary & President (Youth Affairs). Olacabs, claiming to be India's largest platform of car rentals, earlier this month announced the launch of its point-to-point cab service in Goa. Olacabs founder Bhavish Aggarwal said recently that Olacabs has got a good response in Goa with 50 Goan partners already tying up with Olacabs, which now has a fleet of 75 cars in the state. Olacabs plans to have a total of 300 cars in Goa within six months. "Olacabs and Non-Goan companies like these come to Goa projecting themselves as the Knights in Shining Armour - like the real estate companies who took away the land of many Goans for peanuts or the Casino companies that now want to get a strangle-hold on more than just Casinos in the state. BJP and Congress governments for their part have sold their souls for pennies to these business houses. Now BJP is doing it with Olacabs. We don't think it is difficult for the government to create its own system better than Olacabs or Meru, why rely on a Non-Goan," Rodrigues further added. For further details Savio Rodrigues Secretary & President (Youth Affairs) Goa Su-Raj Party Mob: +919764447313 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
