Coimbatore to suffer a loss of Rs. 100 crore daily due to indefinite lorry strike.
Following the indefinite strike launched by the lorry owners association of South India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Karnataka and Kerala along with the Union Territory of Puducherry), close to 4500 lorries came to a standstill leading to a loss of Rs. 100 crores in the city of Coimbatore.
Today, the members of the Coimbatore Lorry Association demonstrated a protest alleging the State Government for not accepting to their pleas.
'Even the central government has given it's consent to fulfill two of our demands but the state government's stance on our demands is unsatisfactory. Withdrawal of hike in VAT in petrol and diesel, increase in fee structure in RTO offices among others have not been considered by the State Government's of Tamil Nadu, hence the plan of indefinite strike will go as decided', said the protesting members of Coimbatore lorry association.
Despite the central government's assurance to consider their two major demands., withdrawal of order on the vehicles that were on roads for more than 15 years and closure of toll plazas that are functioning even after recovering funds that were spent on road execution, the South India Motor Transport Association (SIMTA) are determined to continue their indefinite strike.