Transporters Go on an Indefinite All India Strike Over 90 lakh trucks and around 50 lakh buses, tempos and tourist vehicles went off the roads on Friday as their owners began an indefinite strike to press for their various demands, including reduction in diesel prices Over 90 lakh trucks and around 50 lakh buses, tempos and tourist vehicles went off the roads on Friday as their owners began an indefinite strike to press for their various demands, including reduction in diesel prices, an official said here on Friday. "The strike response is very good... all economic activities like movement of goods and people are virtually paralysed, barring essential supplies, in Maharashtra and rest of India," Bombay Goods Transport Association (BGTA) Treasurer and Legal Cell chief Abhishek Gupta told IANS. Pick-up or delivery of goods has been hit from manufacturing to consumer centres, cargo transport from airports, seaports and railway yards has been halted while moveme...
