Central government has assured new law will be implemented after consultation with the transporter community.
Truck drivers have called off their strike on the night of January 2, after assurances from the Central government that new law will be implemented only after due consultation with the transporter community. After this, the fuel supply returned to normal at many of the refuelling stations on Wednesday morning.
A Juhu-based petrol pump owner told our sister publication Autocar Professional that the refuelling tankers started arriving at night. “There is no issue now,” he said. However, the supply has still not been restored at a few other petrol pumps, as it will take time before tankers start reaching them. For instance, the staffers of another petrol pump station near Chinchpokli told us that fuel delivery is expected to start happening at 2pm.
Truck and bus drivers nationwide had gone on a three-day protest since Monday against a recent central government law that has a provision for hit-and-run cases. The newly enacted Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita mandates penalties of Rs 7 lakh and a 10-year imprisonment in case of a hit-and-run accident. The earlier law under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) had provisions for two years of imprisonment. The transporters allege that the new law, which is yet to get implemented, will end up becoming a tool for harassing them and may increase corruption.
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