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Truckers' strike enters second day, northeast comes to 'standstill'
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Jun, 2018
As the indefinite nationwide truckers' strike entered its second day,
lorry owners and operators on Tuesday said over 50 lakh vehicles
remained off the road involving a loss of more than Rs 1,000 crore and
the north-eastern region came to "standstill" as a consequence.
The
northeast has completely gone on a standstill as the only gateway is
from West Bengal and about 30,000 vehicles moving in and out from the
northeast are stopped, said a statement from All India Confederation of
Goods Vehicle Owners' Associations (ACOGOA).
West Bengal
continues under complete "chakka jam" while in Karnataka also, no
vehicle movement was reported, it said, adding that even in Delhi,
stoppage of about 4,000 vehicles at Sanjay Gandhi Transport Terminal was
reported.
According to the statement, out of about 5 lakh vehicles, 3 lakh vehicles did not ply on the roads.
In Maharashtra, the markets have reported prices of vegetables like onion undergoing sharp increases.
Truckers
called the indefinite strike from Monday protesting against the
incessant diesel price increases and daily price changes, continuous
increase in toll charges and increasing of third party insurance
premium.
Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators' Association
President Mohinder Singh Gill said that "the strike will be continuing
till our demand is considered by the Central government".
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