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Tamil Nadu
By Our Special Correspondent
Tankers and lorries parked at Madhavaram in Chennai on Monday following an indefinite strike called by the All-India Motor Transport Congress. — Photo: R. Ragu
The strike is in support of the charter of demands, which included no cess on diesel, toll roads, scrapping of old vehicles, and a minimum freight rate to be fixed by Government. The strike was near-total in Tamil Nadu with about 95 per cent of the operators participating, operators claimed. About 2.5 lakh vehicles, including lorries, petrol tankers, dippers and trailer lorries were off the roads apart from one lakh light commercial vehicles. The impact was visible in the city as there was little movement of lorries. The price of vegetables went up in the Koyambedu wholesale market here. On Sunday tomato was quoted at Rs. 15 a kg, beans — Rs. 20 and onion — Rs. 15. The price would go up further in the next two days, according to wholesale traders. Arrival of lorries with rice bags from neighbouring States was hit as just a handful of lories drove into the city this morning as against the normal arrival of about 100 lorry loads a day. The poor arrival, rice traders here said, would push up the price soon, though it remained stable for the past few months. According to airport sources, oil companies have a stock of aviation fuel for the next three days only and the maintenance of normal flight schedule would be difficult if the strike prolongs. The State Lorry Owners Federation claimed that the strike was total as about 2.85 lakh lorries, and 1.5 lakh LCVs were off the road and it would continue till their demands were met. Meanwhile, officials here said that they were closely monitoring the situation and would take necessary steps if there was shortage of essentials. As milk and water tankers are exempted, water supply was not affected. The Civil Supplies Corporation has a comfortable stock of rice and kerosene to maintain normal supply through the public distribution system. Officials and traders alike said the full impact would be felt in the next couple of days and hoped that the Centre would intervene and bring the strike to an end.
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