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Around 1 lakh lorries successful the State person stopped cognition owed to mediocre freight rates, claimed C. Dhanaraj, president of the State Lorry Owners Federation-Tamil Nadu (SLOFT), connected Tuesday.
Speaking to the reporters, Mr. Dhanaraj said that successful the caller enforcement of the federation, it was decided to summation the freight rate by 25% starting June 15. For the past 20 days, the price of diesel has accrued by ₹8 per litre successful total.
For the past 4 years, adjacent though the terms of diesel was hiked, the lorry freight rate was not increased. In summation to diesel, prices of oil, car parts, tyres, security premiums, and toll gross charges person besides increased. He added that freight rates had to beryllium accrued successful bid to enactment the livelihood of lorry owners.
Urging traders to accommodate to the hiked freight rates, Mr. Dhanaraj said booking agents and transport companies tin besides get the hiked freight rates. “Earlier, lorry owners received ₹800 arsenic a freight complaint per tonne of goods to transport from Salem to Chennai, now, it has been accrued to ₹1,050,” helium added.
The federation besides demanded the State authorities to hole the freight rate. There are six lakh lorries (heavy vehicles) and 20 lakh airy dense vehicles successful Tamil Nadu. Already, 2.5 lakh lorries were not operating owed to debts. Now, owed to the diesel terms hike and different reasons, 1 lakh lorries person stopped their operation. “We expect the State authorities to dependable retired this issue. If the terms of diesel is reduced, lorry owners would beryllium capable to run the vehicles,” Mr. Dhanaraj added.
