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MARGAO
With the tourist taxi operators keeping off the road on Friday, a fleet of KTC buses, besides yellow and black taxis, rickshaws and motorcycle pilots ferried train passengers alighting at the Margao railway station.
A huge police force was deployed outside the Margao railway station on Friday morning as a precautionary measure. Senior RTO officer Sandeep Officer with his team was drafted at the Margao railway station to ensure that passengers do not face hardships to reach their destinations.
The KTC buses ferried the passengers from the Margao railway station to the KTC bus stand for their onward journey to North Goa and other destinations.
Information gathered from the KTC officials revealed that more than 250 passengers, who availed the bus facility, were ferried from the Margao railway station to the KTC bus stand. Till evening, KTC buses were seen parked outside the railway station.
The yellow and black taxis operating from the pre-paid taxi counter outside the station did brisk business. Records revealed that the taxis had made around 41 trips, transporting the train passengers to various destinations. It was only later in the afternoon, the yellow and black taxis adopted a cautious approach, as they avoided going to the coastal belt for fear of violence.
Private and unregistered vehicles also took advantage of the situation and were seen ferrying passengers from outside the station.
