Truckers go on indefinite strike, petrol, diesel supply to be hit

The associations have expressed stiff opposition to the sharp increase in third-party insurance premium and have hence threatened to keep their transport and supply vehicles off the roads indefinitely

Associations of truck owners have called for an indefinite strike starting April 1. Expressing stiff opposition to the sharp increase in third-party insurance premium, truckers associations have threatened to keep their supply and transport vehicles off the roads. The strike is likely to hit the supply of commodities including petrol.

The All India Confederation of Goods Vehicles Owners' Association has called for an indefinite strike across India for an indefinite period from April 1. The South India Motor Transport Association has already gone on an indefinite strike from Thursday. "We will remain off the road from April 1. We protest the exorbitant rise in premium of the third-party insurance, which has gone up by 800% from 2002 till date," Channa Reddy, the President of ACOGOA said.

Opposing the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority's proposal to increase the insurance for the third-party insurance, All India Motor Transport Congress' president SK Mittal said, "We have been demanding the category wise real time data from the insurance regulator but this has not been provided."

IRDA initially proposed a 50% increase but later it has asked to implement 41% increase in third-party insurance premium effective from April 1. Bombay goods transport association's president BR Poonia said, "We are supporting the cause of the strike and have planned to join the indefinite strike from April 20."

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