February 11, 2012 7:34 PM

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West Bengal taxis to go blue and white

West Bengal Transport Department has decided to change the colour of Taxis within Kolkata city into blue and white.Apart from this, the Transport Department has decided to issuea 12-point directive for Taxi owners and drivers.The Taxi drivers will have to wear clean uniforms and Taxi numbers should be legible from a distance of 200 meters. No refusal to passengers and decent behaviour are also part of the directives.The Taxis will also have to use tamper-proof electronic meters to stop manipulation of meters. Black smoke from Taxis has to be stopped. West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra told news persons in Kolkata today that a control room will be set-up in the Transport Department to check whether all these instructions are being followed or not.

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