The Goa Chief Minister may have taken the stand that no action will be taken against transporters who went on strike on August 30. But a writ petition challenging the legality of such strikes has been filed before High Court.

You can get yourself a pizza, plane ticket or biryani home delivered, the Goa Traffic Police have now decided to send notices for traffic violators to their homes via the post. 

The transport strike call for September 25 was withdrawn after Chief Minister Mr Digamber Kamat announced that no one would be forced to affix the HSRPs till the Srivastava-headed committee gives its final report.

Goa transport minister, Ramkrishna Dhavalikar softened his stand on the implementation of the high security registration plates (HSRP) saying it would be implemented but he would "go slow" on the issue.

He  said, “HSRP implementation cannot be avoided. But we will go slow on this. We had earlier hurried it.”

Organizations opposing the High Security Registration Plates united under the banner of All Goa Union Against HSRP, gave the govt an ultimatum to scrap the scheme by September 25.

The Transport Minister, Mr Ramakrishna Dhavalikar has said the work of high security registration plates (HSRP) cannot be stopped and reports of the scheme being voluntary are false.

Faced with strong opposition from various quarters, the Goa government finally said the high security registration plates (HSRP) are not mandatory for all vehicles.

 Normally bustling KTC bus stand in Mapusa bears a desserted look (Pic: Joel)

When the larger part of 12,000 registered commercial buses go off the road on the first day of the week, the situation cannot be less than chaotic.

The Transport minister may happily claim that only 2,500 of these buses were off the roads. His claim would have been hardly reassuring to all those thousands of anxious commuters.

Defying the Digambar Kamat government, the transport associations brought Goa to a standstill on Monday.