Frequent taxi strikes at Mumbai airport continue to irk commuters

Taxi drivers calling for a strike in Mumbai has become kind of a fashion. On Monday, one such flash strike called by an unknown faction of the Republican Party of India (RPI) led to major chaos at the Mumbai airport.
According to Ayub Sheikh, president, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Rickshaw and Taxi Union, the taxi drivers did start from their homes in the morning.
“But, when they heard that cabs were damaged at Dindoshi and Mumbai Central by RPI activists, they decided to stay at home,” said Sheikh.“But, 60% of the 3,000 cabs were plying during the day and by evening everything was normal.”
The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) tried to reduce the misery of commuters by arranging for BEST buses and even Meru cabs to drop them at Andheri station.
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