Two-wheeler taxi riders in Kohima on Monday reiterated their appeal to the Nagaland government to legalise two-wheeler taxi service in the state capital.
Addressing media persons at Kohima, Chumbem B. Yanthan, the leader of the group of 13 two-wheeler taxi riders of Kohima, said the legalisation of two-wheeler taxi service in Kohima in particular and Nagaland in general can create jobs for the unemployed youth without any expenditure from the government’s coffers.
Yanthan said though there is no clause under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 that mentions about two-wheeler taxi regulatory guidelines, Section 72 and 73 of the Act provides “competency” to the states to issue stage carriage permit for two-wheeler taxi service after scrutinising its feasibility and applicability.