Vasco: The Dabolim airport was tense for close to an hour Friday afternoon, when taxi drivers and owners blocked the exit to the main airport terminal building. Taxi owners were agitated over the alleged harassment meted out to them at the hands of bouncers appointed by the private contractor of the Airport Authority of India.
At 1.30pm on Friday, taxi owners of the North Goa taxi owner's association and South Goa taxi owner's association joined forces outside the main terminal building and blocked the exit with their vehicles for an hour. The Dabolim police who were prepared for the situation, diverted the outgoing traffic towards the entry point.
There are two points for entry and, during the blockade, one side was temporarily converted to an exit point. This greatly relieved the stranded passengers.
The situation got worse after Mormugao DySP Mohan Naik reached the site and asked his policemen to record the taxi registration numbers and later cancel their permit. Hearing this, the agitated taxi owners told Naik that if he dared to do so, they "will send their children to his house and commit suicide". After an hour of negotiation, the taxi owners consented to speak to the police at the Dabolim airport police station.
28/11/15 daijiworld.com
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At 1.30pm on Friday, taxi owners of the North Goa taxi owner's association and South Goa taxi owner's association joined forces outside the main terminal building and blocked the exit with their vehicles for an hour. The Dabolim police who were prepared for the situation, diverted the outgoing traffic towards the entry point.
There are two points for entry and, during the blockade, one side was temporarily converted to an exit point. This greatly relieved the stranded passengers.
The situation got worse after Mormugao DySP Mohan Naik reached the site and asked his policemen to record the taxi registration numbers and later cancel their permit. Hearing this, the agitated taxi owners told Naik that if he dared to do so, they "will send their children to his house and commit suicide". After an hour of negotiation, the taxi owners consented to speak to the police at the Dabolim airport police station.
28/11/15 daijiworld.com
