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Taxi scheme for women: 200 driver permits lapse
Priyadarshini cabs along with Viira cabs, that operate a dedicated radio cab service for women in the city, operate on tourist permits.
NO WOMAN taxi driver in the city could benefit from the 200 permits that were to be issued under the phone fleet women taxi scheme announced by the state transport department in 2014.
“Only a single company, Priyadarshini cabs, came forward and qualified in all required areas. However, they backed out in the end and thus the permits were received by none.
Priyadarshini cabs along with Viira cabs, that operate a dedicated radio cab service for women in the city, operate on tourist permits. To encourage women participation in driving public transport vehicles, the transport department had amended the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, under which it launched the existing Phone-Fleet Taxi Scheme (PFTS).
Taxi scheme for women: 200 driver permits lapse
Priyadarshini cabs along with Viira cabs, that operate a dedicated radio cab service for women in the city, operate on tourist permits.
NO WOMAN taxi driver in the city could benefit from the 200 permits that were to be issued under the phone fleet women taxi scheme announced by the state transport department in 2014.
“Only a single company, Priyadarshini cabs, came forward and qualified in all required areas. However, they backed out in the end and thus the permits were received by none.
Priyadarshini cabs along with Viira cabs, that operate a dedicated radio cab service for women in the city, operate on tourist permits. To encourage women participation in driving public transport vehicles, the transport department had amended the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, under which it launched the existing Phone-Fleet Taxi Scheme (PFTS).