New Delhi, July 13: Goods movement to and from the South may come to a halt with truckers deciding to go on an indefinite strike there from August 1 in protest against the recent hike in diesel prices, and the highway toll policy.
“If there is no review of the diesel price hike and toll policy no truck will operate in the South from August 1,” All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) president GR Shanmugappa told reporters here today.
About 22 lakh trucks, employing 45 lakh drivers and cleaners will join the strike, Shanmugappa added.
An ’emergency meeting’ of the AIMTC has been called on July 26 to consider a nation-wide strike, he further said.
The proposed strike is expected to cause a loss of Rs 5,000 crore to the economy, with cargo movement and from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry getting affected, Shanmugappa said.
—Agencies