Truck drivers strike remains unsolved, Sikkim to be affected the most
Mukesh Sharma
Kalimpong, August 5
The strike called by the
Janmukti Himalaya National Highway Driver Association against the domination of
the owners and the contractors today entered the seventh day. The Association which
has more than 150 trucks from Sikkim used to transport rice to the State, but
with the strike problems have started cropping up.
The Association Spokesperson
Dhan Kumar Pradhan informed that the trucks were on duty to bring rice from FCI
go downs situated at New Jalpaiguri (NJP) to Rangpo and Jorethang FCI go downs.
During the loading and the unloading process, kilos of rice get disfigured
which is also mainly due to rain. The owners on the other hand without
understanding the circumstances, blames and recovers it from the drivers said
Pradhan.
When the load of the
rice weights excess the owners does not worry about it, but in the above case
they charge the drivers with the highest rice value in the market he added. The
rice contractors too always threaten to throw them out of work when tiny
mistakes occur said Pradhan.
The President of the
Owners Association Madan Chettri accepting the allegations leveled against them
clearly stated that they are strained to do so for the loss of the rice. The
FCI contractors are also to be blamed on this as because they cut down our
prices which in turn results the cutting of the same from the drivers. The
Owners Association also said that they were about to increase the rates of the
fair with the recent hike in the fuel prices but the Sikkim Nationalised
Transport Department stopped lifting the load and approached the private
contractors added Chettri.
To solve the concern
many meetings between the three parties were held, but the contractors did not
felt imperative to attend the meeting for which the owners now have decided to
shore up the strike called by the drivers.
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