A three member committee has been formed by the Union Transport minister Nitin Gadkari to frame policy including taxi operators case, which will be put before the Supreme Court that has banned diesel taxis in the national capital, said BJP leader Vijender Gupta.
The Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly leading a delegation of taxi operators today met Gadkari at his residence.
"The Transport minister gave this information after meeting with the delegation of the taxi operators. The committee will be headed by Union Road Transport secretary, Sanjay Mitra. Joint secretary Road Transport, Abhey Dambley and Delhi Government's Transport commissioner Sanjay Kumar will be its members," Gupta said.
Gadkari also expressed his sympathy with taxi operators and their families which were hit by the ban on diesel taxis, he said.
The Transport minister had on earlier occasion said that the government will request the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision on the ban on diesel taxis.
"The government has decided to request the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision on ban. The ban has created an unprecedented situation of thousands of taxis getting off road and people facing severe hardships," he had said.
The Supreme Court on April 30 refused to extend the deadline (April 30) fixed for conversion of diesel cabs into less-polluting CNG mode for plying on city roads, sending off-road thousands of diesel taxis.
