chennai ahmed ali who landed at chennai airport from dhaka found it tough to avoid a bunch of persuasive cab drivers who accosted him soon after he walked out of the international termina l he kept walking toward the aai canteen on the metro rail station but one of the drivers who had followed him pulled his hands after he couldnt convince ali to hire a taxi failedpeople especially international travellers face hassles as taxi drivers who hang around near the exit of the terminals try to haggle with the passengers to the point of frightening firsttim e visitors while domestic passengers are familiar with the phenomenon the sight of the men frightens international passengers who walk out with heavy luggage in their baggag e carts the drivers often try to take over the baggage trolleyand lug their bags while negotiating the price with the passengerspeople from dhaka who walked out of the new terminal building when the building was put on trial were also not spared on tuesdaya counter was opened for passengers to book prepaid taxis near the exit gate of the terminal where receipts were issued and cabs were allotted but a few drivers tried their luck negotiating with the passengers directly one was even seen trying to show an old receipt to a traveller to hint that he was from an authorised cab service neither the cisf nor the security staff of the aai tried to stop them ali who comes to chennai for medical treatment said i check if i can travel into the city by metro otherwise i will book a cab he was confused about the pickup point for appcabsthe drivers who hang around near the terminals often create a bad impression among passengers who come from abroad that can impact tourism the airport authorities are unable to control the practice said a former airline official a senior official of aai said that the drivers will be regulated there are counters for passengers to book prepaid cabs and pickup points to book and board private appcabs he added aai is working to hire cab services for the terminals so that a specific number of vehicles will be available for the passengers to book