With 15 taxi drivers murdered for 2008 already and an environment where there is a high degree of anxiety, apprehension and discomfort in the society, these many single mothers have to use public transportation. For many of them getting to and from their workplaces— restaurants, pubs, hotels and guesthouses, casinos and rum shops, ice cream shops, burger carts and cinemas — has been made treacherous, since many times they do so at late hours when regular transportation is unavailable. Many will be even more reluctant to take up shift jobs and work requiring late evening and night commuting and many who are in those jobs will simply quit. The impact of this high degree of anxiety, apprehension and discomfort in the society is now visible in the details of the country’s economic statistics.
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