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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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
