• AIMTC for extending road toll suspension

The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has appealed to the Government that relief be given to the transporters in regards to road toll on national highways. Informing that they have written to the Government, Kultaram Singh Atwal, President, AIMTC, expressed that the resumption of road toll has begun to exert a lot of pressure on small and mid-level transporters. In the current scenario it would be tough for them to sustain. Amounting to 16 to 20 per cent of the operating cost, road toll, said Atwal, is threatening to rob small transporters with one or five trucks of their ability to sustain any handle the financial pressure. The Government could do with suspending it for more time in the current hour of crisis, he added. AIMTC had requested the Government to extend the road toll holiday till October. AIMTC has also written to the Government about schemes to provide adequate cover for CV drivers and the vehicle crew, facilities for their health check and care, and the availability of food and water as well as soaps and sanitisers.