Pre Paid taxi service at Namchi to grapple with Tourists and Parking

Puran Tamang
NAMCHI, 01 Feb: Namchi has now got its own pre paid taxi service. The local taxi drivers of the south district headquarters have started a pre-paid / reserved taxi service Namchi bazaar to Siddhesvara Dhaam and other tourists spots in the area. Such taxis are mostly parked at the Parking Plaza and there is a ferry system used by the drivers.
This will be a uniform system for all vehicles entering Namchi and has been introduced by the Localk Taxi Drivers’ Association, Namchi. This, they have done, with the support and cooperation of the Namchi police and largely keeping in mind the bustling tourist season. Further, the pre-paid taxi service has been introduced in view of the traffic nuisance that has been created recently with the huge traffic heading for the Siddesvara Dhaam in Namchi.
With the increasing menace of traffic snarl ups the Association was of the view that such a system would be required sooner or later in view of the various festive seasons during the year and especially parking space a major concern. On the other hand such a system would also be able to provide an opportunity to the taxi drivers to earn a handsome amount and gain from the booming tourist flow especially the pilgrim tourists.