Petrol price hike: Truck owners to strike from June 18
Bengaluru, June 16: The Federation of All India Trucks Owners Association has decided to conduct indefinite strike from June 18 against the central government for hiking the petroleum products and increasing the third party insurance premium.
Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Federation of All India Goods Transportation Vehicles Owners Associations president B Channa Reddy said that the central government has been increasing the prices of petroleum products regularly. Moreover, it has increased the third party insurance premium amount which is unscientific. This would have a burden on the truck owners and employees, he said.
They have to repay the loans taken to purchase lorries. Every day, they have to pay toll taxes in highways. Lorry owners have been facing lot of problems daily. But without taking their problems into consideration, the central government has been taking anti-lorry owners decisions, he said.
In 2012, one litre of diesel was costing Rs 45.73 and now, it was increased to Rs 66.37. In the same way, petrol price in 2012 was Rs 73.5, but now it was increased to Rs 75.06 and it varies from state to state. As a result, the truck owners were facing lot of problems. So, it has become inevitable for them to conduct indefinite strike seeking fulfillment of their demands, he said.
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Pick-up vehicle topples in Yadgir; one field worker dead, over 12 others injured
Yadgir: A pick-up vehicle that was taking labourers to work toppled on the outskirts of Dharmapura village in Gurumitkal taluk here, resulting in the death of a woman worker, while more than 12 other workers sustained injuries.
The deceased worker is identified as Mogalamma (22), a resident of Itakal in Sedam taluk, Kalaburagi district. The injured workers are reportedly under treatment at hospitals in Yadgir and Raichur.
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Mogalamma and the other workers are learned to have been employed in a cotton farm near Dharmapura village and were traveling in the vehicle to the field when the accident occurred.
