Taxi permit extension in Himachal to 15 years a promise kept, says Jai Ram Thakur

Shimla, Oct 16 (UNI) Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Friday said the promise to extend the validity of taxi permits in Himachal Pradesh from 12 to 15 years had been fulfilled, asserting that he had strongly taken up the issue with the Centre following a protest by taxi operators. Thakur said he had intervened on August 28 to get the indefinite fast by the state's Taxi Operators union called off after assuring them that their demand would be pursued. He said he had placed the concerns of taxi operators before the Central government and done everything possible from…