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K. Sudhakar, MP for Chickballapur, connected Tuesday held a gathering with elder officials of the Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL) and urged them to let backstage taxi drivers to proceed parking facilities arsenic earlier astatine the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and to framework due rules to guarantee their livelihood is not adversely affected.
Following a practice by taxi drivers’ associations, Dr. Sudhakar convened a gathering with representatives of the drivers and airdrome authorities.
He pointed retired that portion app-based aggregators complaint fares successful the scope of ₹1,200–1,500, section backstage taxi drivers often connection services astatine importantly little rates.
“Passengers should person the state to take their preferred work provider. Aggregators are contiguous everywhere, and the last prime indispensable remainder with the customer,” helium said.
Addressing concerns raised by airdrome officials astir congestion, helium suggested that parking abstraction could beryllium made disposable to backstage taxi drivers by levying a nominal idiosyncratic fee, ensuring orderly entree without overcrowding.
He added that 18,000 to 20,000 younker from Chickballapur, Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, Tumakuru districts, and neighbouring regions gain their livelihood done taxi services astatine the airport. Close to 1 lakh household members are babelike connected this occupation.
He said that galore backstage taxi drivers person been serving airdrome passengers for the past 15–20 years, gathering long-standing relationships with regular travellers and providing affordable, reliable services.
He added that Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy would beryllium holding discussions connected the matter. The MP said, if necessary, the contented would beryllium taken up with Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu for further deliberation.
