In its response, the ministry said that no orders have been placed for the vehicles needed for the taxi line. The ministry has yet to determine how the service will be financed or when it will be introduced.
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has stated that no work has yet begun on the government’s planned taxi line.
This statement came in response to a request filed under the Right to Information Act by Taxi Drivers Community President Ibrahim Niyaz.
Niyaz had sought clarification regarding the government's progress after Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen, during a Parliament's Committee on Economic Affairs meeting on October 29, said that the government would launch the taxi line service "within two weeks" and that he would work to transfer the project to a state-owned company.
The RTI filed by Niyaz also sought information on several aspects of the taxi line, including the number of cars ordered, whether they have been imported, how the government plans to finance the service, whether a study had been conducted, and when the service would be launched.
In its response, the ministry said that no orders have been placed for the vehicles needed for the taxi line. The ministry has yet to determine how the service will be financed or when it will be introduced.
Taxi drivers staged a protest in Hulhumale' yesterday against the government's plans to introduce the taxi line. Three of the protesting drivers were taken into custody, and police towed 25 taxis that had blocked the road to the highway from Hulhumale'.
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