Transporters protest hike in petroleum products

Imphal, June 12 (UNI) The transporters in Manipur today demonstrated against the hike in petrol and diesel prices.

Transporter union representatives staged a sit-in protest at Keishampat in Imphal, demanding a rollback of the proposed price hike.

Buses and trucks did not ply because of the agitation.

The Indo-Burma Road Bus Owners Welfare Association has also joined the agitation suspending service on Imphal Moreh sector on national highway no 39 resulting in disruption of Indo-Myanmar trade.

According to the transporters, the hike in diesel prices would increase the cost of transportation thereby further increasing the price of goods.

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