Holding Area for the Black & Yellow, Cool cab and Mumbai Pune Meter Taxi at the Domestic Airport

By hand/Email

27/05/2013

To,

The Chief Executive Officer,

GVK/MIAL,

Terminal 1-B, CSI Airport,

Mumbai 400099

Subject: Holding Area for the Black & Yellow, Cool cab and Mumbai Pune Meter Taxi at the Domestic Airport

We would like to draw your attention about the un necessarily conflict between the taxi trade union of cool cab and black & yellow. This conflict now gets the communal color at the airport area. It is pertinent to note that both the groups had created the two worship places in the parking areas i.e. one group is holding Aarti and other is holding Namaz, which is very dangerous to the civil society as well as the security threats to our airports.

We came to know that your office/MIAL is going to allot the holding area for the black & yellow, cool cab and Mumbai Pune meter taxi above the basement parking in front of the terminal 1-A at the Domestic Airport. We would like to share our views as under:

1.     If your office is going to allot the holding area for the above mentioned taxi services then your office should provide a one shelter or sitting arrangement so that they (black & yellow and cool cab) can sit together and spent time with each other. It is pertinent to note that only few so called leaders are dividing these drivers on the name of religion for their own interest.

2.     In the similar manner, your office should provide water and other utility services for all the taxi drivers not for the groups.

3.     If your office is success to implement the above mentioned two points than half of the problems face by your office as well as us are going to solve automatically.

We would also like to draw your attention that after the said holding area allotted to the above mentioned meter taxi service providers then the major task that your office should not allowed any of the such taxi parked in the airport area or even near the Balaji restaurant, roads, terminals, near the post office, near the basement parking, near the petrol pump and other areas.

If you want then you may gave strict instructions to your private security company and the towing Crain to tow such vehicle immediately, when they found in the no parking area.

 Your office may issue warnings in writing to such miscreants’ all taxi drivers including fleet taxis, phone fleet taxis and tourist cabs. If even then they are not ready to obey the standing instruction or obey the traffic rules then the entries of such taxis may be ban in airport area.

We would again like to draw your attention that the above mention points are our suggestion only and you may consider the same, if you think that you will get the best results and able to provide the best taxi services to the passengers.

This is our suggestion letter not the direction letter.

If you have any query then doesn’t hesitate to contact the undersigned.

With Best Regards,

For Mumbai Taximen Sangathan

Sanjay Khemka

General Secretary

Copies to:

1.     The Dy. Commissioner of Police, Zone VIII, BKC, Mumbai

2.     The Vice President, Corporate, MIAL,

3.     Mr. V. P. Singh, GM, Land side Operations, MIAL

4.     The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Airport Zone

5.     The Senior Police Inspector, Airport Police Station,