Taxi service in pandemic; Not only passengers, but also orders for purchases
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In Gjirokastra, the taxi service has been open for 3 days since the Gjirokastra region was declared a green area, however taxi drivers talk about the minimum daily turnover as customers are no longer the same and even the services have been transformed.
Top Channel talked to one of the taxi drivers in Gjirokastra:
Ijiaz how was the day today? How was the turnover so far?
Hello, the turnover is of course lower these days, you can’t compare it with usual days, it is a maximum decrease. People don’t come out, so who are we going to transport?
Have the services changed?
Depending on the situation we try to adapt, i.e. we have other services, such as filling the family canister with gas, or other services: an hour ago, a collected some money sent to a friend of mine’s mom. I took a fee of 200 lek, which is normally what you will get.
Have you been penalized by the rule for transporting only one person? What happens for example when you have two spouses?
This is a bit of a stalemate here, it is not very clear. Didn’t they say that a family can move around together? How can I tell?
What other problems have come to the fore now with this situation?
In the municipality of Gjirokastra alone, there are at least 30 licensed taxis. In addition to the difficulties they are facing with the regulation, which limits them in many ways, they have many obligations, especially taxes, insurance, testing and all the procedures that a taxi has an annual obligation to perform.
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