Siliguri, Aug 3: Tourists
and common passengers to North-Bengal can breath a sigh of
relief – they don’t have to face undue harassment
in the hands of unscrupulous drivers, dalals and the likes.
Travellers’ nightmares will be a thing of the past if
the Tourism Facilities Augmentation Committee is successful
in streamlining the pre-paid taxi booth and parking services
at the New Jalpaiguri (NJP) railway station.
According to the directive, any taxi not
following the guidelines laid down for pre-paid booths, and
parking attendants if found overcharging the drivers would
be penalised.
According to the committee’s convener
and the deputy director (north) of the state tourism department,
Gopal Lama, the parking fee has been fixed at Rs 5 for a maximum
of four hours.
The augmentation committee is represented
by: the Railways, the police, the State Tourism Department,
Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), Siliguri-Jalpaiguri
Development Authority (SJDA), Jalpaiguri District Administration,
Eastern Himalayan Travel and Tour Operators’ Association
and the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries
in North Bengal (FOCIN). |
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