TIA NEWS /
Nation wide transport strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress is continue for the second consecutive day today, disrupting supply of goods to various parts of the country. Their are demanding scrapping of the present toll system.
While supply of essential commodities like milk, vegetables and medicines have been kept out of the purview of the strike, its impact was seen in various parts of the country, including Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, among other places.
AIMTC President Bhim Wadhwa said that they will continue their strike till the government comes out with some practical solution to their problem, adding that they are not against paying toll but are demanding it in an annualised form.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari had said yesterday, that Government cannot scrap toll. He said, the government has already assured to implement electronic tolling system pan-India by December. He appealed them to call off the strike.
AIMTC claims to have 87 lakh trucks and 20 lakh buses and tempos across the country under its fold. Another truckers body All India Transport Welfare Association (AITWA) has decided to keep away from the strike.