Nano Cabs taxi service launched
Rs 300m investment:
Nano Cabs (Pvt) Ltd launched the 24 hour nano cab taxi service with a
fleet of 25 cabs to provide reliable convenient and affordable taxi
service to the public.
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Thilanga Sumathipala |
Addressing the launching ceremony of the Nano Cabs taxi service,
Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala said the newly introduced cab
service will shift the paradigm of local transport services to new
heights making travel more hassle free, safer, and economical and secure
to the local and foreigner customers.
“With tourism booming, the demand for cabs has been rising in the
country. We are committed to offer quality transport service for
visitors adhering to international cab services standards,” Sumathipala
said.
Sumathipala said Nano Cabs is on the look out to expand the present
fleet up to 200 cabs before the end of this year.
At present, the company has managed to purchase 200 cabs with a total
investment of Rs 300 million and second batch of the cabs will be
released to the road once the requirement of enough drivers are
fulfilled.
At the initial stage, Nano cabs service will be confined to Colombo
citizens and will expand its service islandwide later. All Nano cars
will have state of art vehicle tracing system with video monitoring
facility. All cars will have with latest navigation system with total
GPRS two way communication capacity.
Passengers will also be entitled to pay the destination fees through
credit cards.
In addition, Nano cabs will provide a personal accident benefit cover
of Rs 250,000 per passenger.
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