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PANJIM: Asserting that the state would not fall prey to blackmailing tactics of transport organizations from Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Goa government on Wednesday again refused to roll back the controversial entry tax on vehicles. Simultaneously, the government also announced it would issue concession passes to transporters entering Goa for delivering supplies from May 15, onwards.
It has also decided to ply additional Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) buses on inter-state routes, if the passenger traffic was paralyzed due to the stir.
Speaking to Herald, transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said that government will not bow to the demands of transporters.
“How can transporters dictate terms to Goa government? This is blackmailing, to which we are not going to fall prey,” he said, adding “those who want to come to Goa will come at any cost.”
Dhavalikar said that government had planned to implement the concession passes from May 10, but due to some administrative hurdles it could not be done. “Even the Chief Minister, officials and I, were out of station. But now the file has been processed by the public works department,” he said adding “once we get the financial approval, it would be implemented.”
