The situation for the commuters, already harrowed by the motormen strike, just got worse as 40 per cent of the city taxis stayed off the roads today.
A large number of the city taxis are off the road today as most of the taxi drivers living in suburban Mumbai could not reach their work place, Mumbai taxi union leader A L Quadros said.
"Most of the taxi drivers reside in suburbs and they could not come to town to run the taxis. Therefore, 40 per cent of the 40,000 taxis are off the road today," Quadros said.
"Yesterday, we did not have any problem but today, those who went home could not come back for duty," he said.
Taxi drivers could not reach some of the main taxi hubs like Bombay Central, Agripada, Wadala causing inconvenience to lakhs of commuters who are already ragged by motormen strike, he added.