Most of around 4.5 lakh goods vehicles in Maharashtra will be back on the roads from midnight, with transporters in the state today calling off their week-long strike after the state government assured to take "positive action" on their demands, including reduction of sales tax on diesel.
Most of around 4.5 lakh goods vehicles in Maharashtra will be back on the roads from midnight, with transporters in the state today calling off their week-long strike after the state government assured to take "positive action" on their demands, including reduction of sales tax on diesel.
The decision by state transporters to withdraw their support to the national strike, was announced at a press conference by Principal Secretary Transport C S Sangitrao and Prakash Gavli, the President of Maharashtra Rajya Truck, Tempo, Tanker and Bus Vahtuk Mahasangh.
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"The government has assured us that it would proactively consider our demands and initiate prompt action for redressal of our grievances," Gavli told reporters. Sangitrao said Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal had initiated measures to end the strike.
Gavli said the state government has assured them that their demands would be dealt within a month.
However, other associations which are not affiliated to the Mahasangh, which represents 230 transporters associations in the state, would continue to remain on strike, called by the All India Motor Transport Congress.
The Mahasangh members held talks with the Transport Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Transport, today.
Private bus owners had also pledged their support to the strike.
However, carriers of essential commodities carried on work as usual, resulting in the APMC wholesale market at Vashi in Navi Mumbai continuing to function almost normally.
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