All India Motor Transport Congress , national level association of Transporters has announced national wide strike from mid night from Sunday after its talks failed on lowering diesel prices by Rs 10 per litre.
This is third time when talks failed between government and transporters resulting into disruption in the Supplies of essential commodities in the coming days with transporters going on indefinite strike from midnight today.
The AIMTC has been demanding a reduction in diesel prices by Rs.10 a litre and tyre prices by 35 per cent, withdrawal of service tax on truckers, moratorium on all instalments and deferring interest on loans for six months. It also wants free movement of trucks across the country.
The transporters’ lobby charged the government with favouring the aviation sector, by providing it fuel at a heavily subsidised Rs. 29 a litre on credit for 90 days. On the other hand, prices of petroleum products had fallen from $147 to $38 in the international market and the reduction in diesel price was a mere Rs. 2 a litre.
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