The associations that include owners of truckers, trailers, tankers, and multi-axles are hinting at intensifying the strike from Monday.
The prices of vegetables, fruits, petroleum and other essential commodities could rise as truckers transporting these commodities have threatened to join the stir from today. At the end of the third day of the nationwide strike called by various unions and associations of trucks, tempos and trailers, the associations that include owners of truckers, trailers, tankers, and multi-axles are hinting at intensifying the strike from Monday.
Sources said that in the past three days the truck-owners transporting essential commodities — nearly 9,000 trucks and tempos ferry commodities like milk, vegetables, fruits, bread, water in Mumbai — are contemplating joining the strike. Raman Khosla, president, Maharashtra Rajya Truck Tempo Tanker Bus Vahatuk Mahasangh said,"The strike will intensify further. If the truck owners ferrying essential commodities want to join the stir then it is their call."
This may create budget-related trouble for consumers as prices of vegetables, fruits, milk and other essential commodities may increase. There are 60,000 trucks and tempos that enter and exit Mumbai everyday while there are 93 lakh trucks across India that are part of the strike.
On the third day, too, many heavy vehicles were nonfunctional. The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) claims that the state, district and taluka-level associations and unions have extended unstinting support to this movement.
The industry has started to feel the pinch with ASSOCHAM quoting a loss worth over Rs 20,000 crore a day. The loss to the transport sector alone stands at about Rs 12,000 crore in the past three days.
"The Transportation services to and from the port, refineries, harbours and movement from petrochemical units, white goods, FMCG, Steel, Coal, Cement, Granite, and other industrial units have been stopped," said Bal Malkit Singh – Chairman, Core Committee of AIMTC.
However, officials at the APMC market said the transport strike has not impacted the supply of vegetables at agriculture produce market committee at Vashi, and that the picture will be clearer by Monday.
According APMC, Vashi traders, veggies were in regular supply on Friday and Saturday. "The transport strike has affected the supply of veggies. We had received 700 truckloads of vegetables on Saturday. On Sunday, market was shut. On Monday; it will open then only we will come to know exactly impacts of strike," said Davidas Pingale, ex director and traders at APMC.
Another trader, Ashok Walunje confirmed that the strike has not resulted into shortage of veggie supply. "It is all India strike and the supply of veggies at Vashi market shows that the local transporters are not participated in the strike," he said.
ESCALATING ISSUE
- Sources said that in the past three days the truck-owners transporting essential commodities, are contemplating joining the strike
- Nearly 9,000 trucks and tempos ferry commodities like milk, vegetables, fruits, bread, water in Mumbai everyday
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