Transporters defer strike: Govt

A section of transporters who had given a strike call from March 30 to protest against hike in third party insurance premium has deferred the stir.
"In wake of the call for countrywide strike by truckers associations, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways held meetings with them today to look into their demands ... The transporters have agreed to wait for an amicable solution and defer the call for the strike," Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
However, a faction of transporters led by former AIMTC President G R Shanmuggappa said the central government has addressed their problems but some of the southern states are yet to address the issues.

He said transporters may proceed on strike in those states.
Transporters are opposing proposed 50 per cent hike in third party motor insurance premium.
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan met representatives of South Zone Motor Vehicles Association and ACOGOA Vehicle Association while MoS Mansukh L Mandavia met representatives of All India Motor Vehicles Congress.
"The main grievance of the transporters is against the hike in third party insurance premium, which they claim, is not being fixed in a transparent manner by IRDA, and transporters are assigned a disproportionately higher share of premium than cars, two wheelers etc, whose accident rates are higher," the statement said.

Both the ministers assured transporters that they would take up the issue with the Finance Ministry and the regulator IRDA, it added.