Andhra Pradesh lorry owners’ association backs nationwide ‘Truck Chakka Jam’ protest

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Members of the Andhra Pradesh Lorry Owners’ Association (APLOA) connected Friday (May 15, 2026) announced their enactment for the projected nationwide “Truck Chakka Jam” agitation, scheduled from May 21 to 23, 2026, with information from transport organisations crossed 62 regions of the country. The protestation is being organised nether the enactment of the Diesel-National Committee (DNC) and the guidance of the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC).

In a statement, vice-president (South Zone) of AIMTC and State wide caput of APLOA Y.V. Eswara Rao said the cardinal issues troubling the transport assemblage included a crisp summation successful charges for obtaining oregon renewing the Environmental Compensation Certificate (ECC), with airy goods vehicles being charged ₹2,000 and dense goods vehicles ₹4,000; the government’s connection to marque fittingness tests for diesel vehicles mandatory each 4 years from November 1, 2026; and the request for mandatory ECC tests for Euro-6 vehicles arsenic well.

Alleging that these policies were severely burdening the transport assemblage and lorry owners financially, helium said the AIMTC had decided to intensify the agitation, and arsenic portion of this nationwide protest, lorry owners, transport operators and allied assemblage associations crossed the state would enactment successful the “Truck Chakka Jam”.

Mr. Eswara Rao urged each transport organisations, lorry owners, drivers and workers to widen afloat enactment and enactment actively successful the “Truck Chakka Jam” protestation programme.

Published - May 15, 2026 10:57 p.m. IST

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