Truck drivers have a high rate of occupation related injuries and among the highest rates of on-job fatality. The report delves into the lifestyle of truckers to understand driver well-being and personal attitudes towards...
Not being able to cover the operation cost of ferrying goods, transporters are forced to reduce fleet. Small fleet owners are worst hit. A sharp rise in fuel prices has hit transporters and those unable to cope with...
Truckers are demanding revision in fuel prices be made quarterly as daily fluctuation in petrol and diesel prices are forcing them to rework their freight cost every week. They are also seeking immediate inclusion...
Although GST (Goods & Service Tax) is expected to widen India’s tax net over, it has done short-term damage to the economy at a time when PM Modi needs to accelerate job creation. Trucking...
Truckers of the Odisha State Truck Owners’ Federation has threatened to go on strike from December 15 midnight if the state government does not withdraw the green tax it has introduced for vehicles, which...
The call for indefinite strike was made by Bihar Motor Transport Federation (BMTF) today. About 1.3 lakh trucks would go off the roads in Bihar from midnight tonight for an indefinite period to press...
VLTEM has accused officials at the three offices of under-reporting the number of heavy carriage vehicles, especially those transporting sand, thus causing multi-crore losses to the state exchequer. Nagpur RTO ignoring overloaded trucks. Transporters associated with...
With expressways doing little to reduce travel time, truckers and private bus owners are now demanding removal of toll plazas from highways. After staging a two-day token protest earlier this month, they are gearing up for...
The body of transporters claimed nearly 10 million truck operators and other transporters remained off the roads to protest against GST and fuel hike but government authorities in several places such as Mumbai and...
They union also announced month-long protests and said a ‘Chakka Jam’ would be organised on August 23. Staging a protest against the Punjab government’s decision to disband truck unions in the state, the truckers’...
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