Indian truckers launched a nationwide indefinite strike on Wednesday to protest increased highway toll tax and duty on diesel, according to NDTV.
All India Motor Transport Congress, the body of transporters that claims to represent nearly 4.8 million truck and two million tempo operators, said that the strike will continue till its demands for abolition of toll tax and service tax on sub-contractors of transport companies are met.
Earlier Wednesday, Indian Highways and Road Transport Minister T. R. Baalu said that there could be no roll back in toll tax rates, which increased in February as it was done through an Act of Parliament.
The Indian government called on the striking truckers' representatives for a fresh round of talks after the first meeting failed to achieve any breakthrough.
Source:Xinhua
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