Trucker's Strike

Truckers in Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday to protest against the e-challan system and press for other long-pending demands, disrupting goods transport services across the state, transporters' representative said. The transporters have complained the recovery process by authorities has become aggressive and is disrupting business operations, besides mounting fines of e-challans. The Vahatukdar Bachao Kruti Sanghatana, an action committee of transporters' associations, gave the strike call. While the truckers began the strike from midnight, bus operators have deferred their participation for the next few days. "The strike has received a mixed response as it is the first day, but the situation will be different post-afternoon," claimed Uday Barge, convener of the action committee. He said 1.5 lakh and 2 lakh trucks and other goods-carrying vehicles in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra would go off roads due to the strike. Barge claimed all trucks were off

As many as 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh trucks and other goods-carrying vehicles in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra will go on strike after midnight, said Uday Barge, convener of the action committee

Rail services on Thursday and Saturday will be drastically reduced, with only around a fifth running, and half of lines closed

Supply of essential commodity was partly disrupted in most of mandis across the country on Monday due to transporters' nationwide indefinite strike in protest of a sharp increase in diesel price and insurance premiums.Data compiled by the National Horticultural Research & Development Foundation (NHRDF) showed onion supply in the benchmark Lasalgaon mandi at 1400 tonnes on Monday compared to 1717 tonnes on Friday. Similarly, onion supply in Pimpalgaon mandi also declined to 1980 tonnes on Monday from 2510.5 tonnes on Friday.The decline in onion supply has resulted into an increase in its prices in both Lasalgaon and Pimpalgaon mandis. Model onion prices jumped by 55 per cent on Monday to trade at Rs 8.50 a kg on Monday in Asia's largest onion selling market yard in Lasalgaon compared to Rs 5.50 a kg on Friday. Similarly, model onion prices surged, albeit marginally, in Pimpalgaon to close at Rs 9 a kg on Monday versus Rs 8.40 a kg on Friday."Onion supply was disrupted on Monday on .