The Fiji Taxi Association has raised serious concerns about private cars operating as illegal taxis in the Western Division.
General Secretary Rishi Ram says they are providing services 24 hours in the west but if the private cars continue to intervene then this will be difficult for them.
He claims that Minister for Transport, Parveen Bala earlier said that the taxis in the Western Division are not providing services 24 hours and that is why the private cars operate as taxis.
Ram says that this is the livelihood of so many taxi drivers and they even provide services through mobile or radio telephones.
He says these private cars are not even covered under any 3rd Party Policy and the Minister is not doing anything about them.
Meanwhile Bala says that Rishi Ram should ask himself why there are illegal taxis.
He says if they look closely at the situation there are illegal taxi operators because there is a gap which the taxi operators are not filling.
