Local drivers tensed about not getting any tourists
MUKESH SHARMA
KALIMPONG, May 22:
Though
it is the peak tourist season in Kalimpong, still tourists are hardly to be
seen in the town. This has become a subject to worry not only to the Tourism
Departments and hoteliers, but it has also created much hue and cry amidst the
drivers. Regarding the same a meeting was held by the drivers of Kalimpong
during which the representatives of the Main Line Taxi Drivers Welfare
Association, Kalimpong Motor Transport Syndicate and Kalimpong- Gangtok All
Highway Taxi Owner, Driver Welfare Association were present.
The
main issue faced by the drivers of Kalimpong is that, though the tourists are
visiting the town but the process of bringing them in Kalimpong and taking them
to the main tourist spots are being done by the vehicles outside Kalimpong. This
issue has proved to be of main concern for the local drivers as it has cut
short their daily earnings. They whined that the Administration is also not at
all concerned about their issue.
Recommending
that the outside vehicles should drop the tourists at the Kalimpong Stand and
then the local vehicles shall do the needful of taking them around, they said
that to expect the Administration to take any step regarding the same seems
like an illusion. Hence, they appealed the Administration and its higher
officials to take some necessary steps. They also requested to the drivers of
the outside vehicles to understand the sentiments of the local drivers and drop
them to the Kalimpong Stand.
If
the local vehicles are allowed to take the tourists on sightseeing then the
drivers can provide much information about the tourist spots too, this in a way
helps to increase the number of tourists in Kalimpong.
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