Truckers call off strike

Toll tax slashed by 30 pc

 
The tax has been cut drastically from Rs 3.40 per kilometre to Rs 2.40.
“The toll tax for the 3-excel trucks is 10 per cent more than the 2-excel. Now it would be Rs 2.40 per km,” Minister for Road Transport and National Highways Kamal Nath told newsmen here.

The Minister, who held marathon meeting with the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) here on Saturday, said the truckers association had decided to call off their nationwide strike from Sunday.

 On truckers’ demands to reduce the toll barriers wherein the districts had to pay full (toll), the minister said, “Now it would be 50 per cent within the districts for the vehicles registered in the districts.” However, the government has rejected the AIMTC’s demand for concession in toll for empty vehicles.