'Goa Miles' App-based taxi service launched amid protest

This app, which is India's first Government initiated App-based taxi service comes in the aftermath of numerous complaints about the high rates charged by Taxis.

Taxi unions have protested various moves by the government to keep a check on the taxi transport system.

Efforts to enforce meters, speed governors or even the introduction of app-based taxi services like Uber or Ola. 

Even as the app was being launched Goa Taxi Association held a protest at the Dabolim airport on Monday evening demanding that the app-based service should not have a counter there.  

Members staged a sit-in protest at Dabolim airport even as police bandobast was deployed at the airport.