Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Apr 15, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, Apr 15, 2003 |
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Logistics
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Roadways Trucks off the roads in Coimbatore R.Y. Narayanan
Trucks idling in the Ukkadam Lorrypet area in Coimbatore in view of the all-India strike by the transport operators which began on Monday.
COIMBATORE, April 14 TRUCKS were mostly off the roads in Coimbatore on Monday following the call for a nationwide indefinite strike given by the All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) to press its charter of demands. Mr P. Sengodan, President, State Lorry Owners' Federation (SLOF-Tamil Nadu) and former President, AIMTC, speaking to Business Line from Namakkal today said the strike was an `overwhelming success'. He said there has been no initiative from the Central Government so far to settle the demands of the transport operators, including a roll-back of the diesel price hike and fixation of minimum freight rate on kilometre basis by the Government itself. He said the booking of goods for transport was stopped even from April 10 with a view to ensuring that the booked goods reached their destinations before the strike commenced. There may be stray instances of trucks, which had developed snags en route, continuing their journey today also. But this was a grace period and he cautioned that from tomorrow onwards, such vehicles might face resistance. His observations came when asked about plying of loaded trucks with National Permits in Coimbatore morning when the strike was on. With most of the merchant establishments in the city being closed today on account of the Tamil New Year's day, the unloading of cargo brought to the city may take place only on Tuesday. Mr Sengodan said trucks transporting essential items such as milk, medicines and water have been exempted from the strike. He said till noon, he had not received reports of any untoward incidents from anywhere in the State and the strike was progressing smoothly. The strike call has made some of the banana growers in Tiruchi region to cut the banana bunches prematurely for transporting them to markets in Kerala and Maharashtra in view of the indefinite strike call. According to reports, in the last couple of days, about 250 truck loads of `Nendran' variety of banana have been moved out of the Tiruchi belt as against the normal movement of about 25 lorry loads a day.
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