By Simi Arora
Truckers indefinite strike starts on Wednesday to protest against the e-challan systems and press for other long-pending demands, disrupting goods transport services across the state, a transporters鈥 consultant stated.
The transporters have complained that the recovery method by the government has become competitive and is disrupting business operations, except for fines of e-challans. The Vahatukdar Bachao Kruti Sanghatana, an action committee of transporters鈥 institutions, gave the strike call.
Truckers indefinite strike starts in Maharashtra
While the truckers starts the strike in the middle of the night, bus operators have deferred their participation for the following number of days.
鈥淭he strike has acquired a mixed response as it鈥檚 first day, but the scenario may be exclusive post-afternoon,鈥 claimed Uday Barge. He said 1.5 lakh and 2 lakh vehicles and different goods-carrying vehicles in Mumbai and different parts of Maharashtra would be off the roads because of the strike.
Barge claimed all vans have been off the roads in Mumbai鈥檚 business hub Kalbadevi, even as in other areas, members of shipping associations were the use of 鈥淕andhigiri鈥 to influence transporters to enroll in the strike.
Protest against E challan system
The transporters鈥 needs consist of preventing forceful recovery of e-challan fines, cancellation of e-challans older than six months, waiving current results, scrapping the mandatory cleaner rule for heavy vehicles, and reconsidering no-entry timings in metro cities.
In view of the Truckers indefinite strike call, the state government have formed a 10-member committee comprising senior officials from the Mumbai site visitors police, dual carriageway police, and motor vehicles department, along with leaders of transport associations, to look into the issue. The committee will post its file in a month, per a Government Resolution (GR) issued late Tuesday night time.
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