Twitter

Facebook

Youtube

RSS

Hindi News | Samay | UP/Uttarakhand | MP/Chhattisgarh | Bihar/Jharkhand | Rajasthan | Aalami Samay
  Rashtriya Sahara Roznama Sahara
22 lakh trucks to stay off roads from midnight
Last Updated : 30 Mar 2017 07:31:17 PM IST
(File photo)
(File photo)
 

Around 22 lakh trucks are set to go off the roads after Thursday midnight in southern states. The truckers are protesting increase of insurance premium ' title=' insurance premium '>insurance premium by 50 per cent.

"The increase of insurance premium ' title=' insurance premium '>insurance premium will affect the truckers badly. It will be difficult for truckers to pay that much amount," G.V. Shanmugappa, General Secretary of the Southern Region Truckers' Welfare Association, told reporters here.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has proposed up to 50 per cent increase in insurance premium ' title=' insurance premium '>insurance premium for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles with effect from April 1, 2017.

The truckers in Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are participating in the agitation.



"We will not withdraw our agitation till the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority withdraws the proposal to increase the insurance premium," Shanmugappa said.

The vehicles transporting milk, petrol, diesel, medicines and other essential commodities have been exempted from the protest action.

"We are exempting the vehicles transporting essential commodities to avoid inconvenience to the public," Shanmugappa said.



IANs
For Latest Updates Please-

Join us on

Follow us on


What binds the two most talked about nations - India and Pakistan together? What makes the

Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha is enjoying her marital bliss. On Monday, the actress too

LG Electronics Inc said on Wednesday that it will introduce new C with its artificial inte

 

Samay Live
Samay Live
Samay Live
Samay Live
Samay Live
Samay Live
Samay Live
Samay Live

172.31.16.186