Dabolim airport police on Wednesday arrested six yellow and black taxi operators, who were charged for forming an unlawful assembly with a common object and wrongfully restraining employees of Goamiles app at the airport.
All the six taxi operators were later released on bail.
Chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) Nilesh Cabral on Wednesday stated that 'Goamiles', the app recently launched by GTDC to support the state taxi service, would be further extended to motorcycles operated by the 'pilots' as well as auto rickshaws, within a period of 2 to 3 months, once it stabilises for the taxi service.
Addressing a press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the city, Cabral said that the app was selected through a tendering process, in which at least 25 bidders, including Ola and Uber taxi services participated.
He also informed that Goamiles is managed by a local Goan company called Frotamiles Pvt Ltd created as an Special Purpose Vehicle as per the requirements of the tendering process, and one of the three people involved in this SPV is a Goan.